there are many mac users out there(me) and we have to be using bootcamp and parallels to flash out roms when it would be much more efficiant if we could flash in mac OS X so i was wondering if there are any talented programers out there which could make a utility for us
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there are many mac users out there(me) and we have to be using bootcamp and parallels to flash out roms when it would be much more efficiant if we could flash in mac OS X so i was wondering if there are any talented programers out there which could make a utility for us
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That would be cool. I use parallels without problems, but a native OSX utility would be great. Maybe we could just flash the iPhone OS onto the Hermes
(NB: For the humor impaired, that was a joke.)
i doubt we could get the iphone os onto the hermes but the utility would be a start plz programmers just a alpha or something that kinda works so we can be happy
If you can get a memcard in your hermes to be seen as a mass storage device on your apple, you can put the ROM on it and after a reboot the ROM should get flashed automagically
yh i got 4 gig but some ppl dont have mem stick when they buy hermes and they want to get a 4 gig but 4 gig dont work without wm6 and the mem stick thing (back me up here )
jdac21 said:
yh i got 4 gig but some ppl dont have mem stick when they buy hermes and they want to get a 4 gig but 4 gig dont work without wm6 and the mem stick thing (back me up here )
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It isn't that we NEED an OSX native flashing utility. It is just that we would LIKE an OSX native flashing utility. And it would be cool too, and that is what Mac users are all about, after all. Coolness.
HTC probably realizes two things:
1) The Mac market is very small and not likely to grow that much, if at all, anytime soon.
2) 99% of the time that an HTC device is flashed, it's not to an official ROM.
For these two reasons you can bet that you'll never see any official Mac flashing utility from HTC.
The likelihood of the hacking community programming a Mac flashing utility from scratch is also very small, if not completely out of the question.
Flashing from the memcard is arguably the safest way to flash one of these things anyway, just consider yourself blessed.
"If you can get a memcard in your hermes to be seen as a mass storage device on your apple"
I can easily see my TyTN II storage card through bluetooth. Can auto-flash happen on all WM devices or just the Hermes? So where on the do I have to put the files to pull this off? I want to upgrade the radio only.
try this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=296436
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I have been having problems on XP(not regarding flashing). I am just tired of XP so i was thinking on using Ubuntu. Im going to get to the point now, Is there any software that i can use to flash my phones on linux?
I dont think so really. I have been using linux for a few years and not really seen anything for flashing wm phones. One option i was thinking of was setting up an xp install in a virtual machine and then trying that. I guess you could also try using the windows flashing app via wine but i just havent had time to do this yet.
If you do find a solution please can you report back here as it would be useful to know.
try microSD instead
well actually I am running a Gentoo OS here and tried flashing in XP in virtual machine in VirtualBox, but it did not work for me (after a certain time a timeout occured). From now on I will always flash via microSD card, I have a spare one I can always use for these purposes. Already flashed two different ROMs and works OK, so no need for XP anymore.
Hi i have HD2 and I got a mac so i was hoping to get some help from u guys. I need to find a way to flash my phone with a 1ghz tweak and 576 ram. Cause right now my HD2 shows that i have 338 ram and 170-190 used all the time and it slows down alot. So if u could help me Flash it it would be awesome. THX ALOT
ngickolay said:
Hi i have HD2 and I got a mac so i was hoping to get some help from u guys. I need to find a way to flash my phone with a 1ghz tweak and 576 ram. Cause right now my HD2 shows that i have 338 ram and 170-190 used all the time and it slows down alot. So if u could help me Flash it it would be awesome. THX ALOT
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Hi,
I too have Mac, I use bootcamp to flash roms, you may also consider using Parallels / VMware
Well here is the funny part I have no windows and i use a G5 its a PPC so no intel therefore no windows how ever.
neitin said:
Hi,
I too have Mac, I use bootcamp to flash roms, you may also consider using Parallels / VMware
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Flashing fails with Parallels .. Have not tried Vmware to flash.
You should try HSPL... ...use SD card to flash, works flawless !
Fusion and Parallels were not stable enough (XP/W7).
Having a G5 you need to install HSPL on a friends PC, all the rest can be done with yours.
I have tried ( on my iMac and MacBook Pro ) to flash thro VMware Fusion ( use both XP and Window 7) - mostly unsuccessful - hang midway. So I still use my desktop PC when I need to flash rom
mobile88 said:
I have tried ( on my iMac and MacBook Pro ) to flash thro VMware Fusion ( use both XP and Window 7) - mostly unsuccessful - hang midway. So I still use my desktop PC when I need to flash rom
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Just flash the rom via your storage card. Search the forums for the methodology I have a Mac and use Boot Camp, so I can't give you the details, but it involves switching your device into boot mode and then installing the rom file (the nbh file) from the storage card..
Good luck
Ok guys i have tried everything Parrales, Vmware, Virtual PC 7 and i have failed miserably everywhere. Soo how do u do the HSPL and can u update phone through that as well? And my friends will not allow me to install XP on their mac for even 2h so i cant do anything..... Except HSPL and what is it exactly?
PC
considering most of the world uses windows surely you have at least one friend with a pc?
The programs are small and don't actually even install on the computer so guess worst case scenario you could do it at a internet cafe. but flashing ROM's is kinda addictive so having access to a pc is good so you can backup your data to outlook. considering you have a g5 maybe time for an upgrade anyway. You seem technically minded or at least willing to learn why not build yourself a cheap PC using the same components in a mac that way you can run snow leopard for your day to day and have windows 7 when you need to flash and backup plus it will save you round a grand.
Well i actually i do have a kick ass Windows 7 pc builded it my selft the only problem is that its in the other country XD... So ur best bet is to do it in the internet cafe?
That would work but...
That would work but given that from my experience the majority of ROM's on this forum are a little to cutting edge for day to day use and you need at least a couple of days to give a new one a fair go you could end up with something you hate till you can next get to a computer.
but yeh, you need active sync, hard SPL and the ROM image all of which can be downloaded on your mac to a USB stick. You would have to install active sync though. then connect the phone set to sync (doesn't matter if you dont set it up to sync with the with the internet cafe computer) run hard SPl 2-3 mins, run new ROM image 10-15 mins and your done. Dont forget to backup off course..
when u hard spl your device with PC machine, u could just use SD card method to flash rom next time... but u have to hardspl first
I am really looking for a HSPL.cab if one exists anywhere, if not i would be grateful if someone (more clever-a than me) could make one.
Apart from the options of installing away from PCs I dont actually use windows / activesync on any of my machines (they are all linux), and as such I am pretty limited without .cab installs.
Thanks for the help, heres hoping!
You can install VirtualBox @ your distro and map USB port do Virtual Machine running Windows XP and ActiveSync.
Regards,
True, but its a fair amount of effort to go through just to get 1 app on my fone for this one time. I also was hoping a .cab might be useful for a few other people.
If there isnt the interest i guess i will have to go down he virtual box route and dig out my old windows xp cds.
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True, but its a fair amount of efft ort to go through just to get 1 app on my fone for this one time. I also was hoping a .cab might be useful for a few other people.
If there isnt the interest i guess i will have to go down he virtual box route and dig out my old windows xp cds.
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hspl is not a "program", for what i know
you don't install this on running OS
it overwrite boot sector
then no chance i think
geekyhawkes said:
True, but its a fair amount of effort to go through just to get 1 app on my fone for this one time. I also was hoping a .cab might be useful for a few other people.
If there isnt the interest i guess i will have to go down he virtual box route and dig out my old windows xp cds.
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Its not an 'app' and you certainly cant install it via a cab. It can only be done via the methods explained in my flashing thread and can only be done via activesync (windows xp or windows7 32bit preferred).
If you cant manage to do it that way then im afraid you cant install HardSPL.
The effort is well worth it if you want to be able to protect your phone and want to flash custom roms
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Its not an 'app' and you certainly cant install it via a cab. It can only be done via the methods explained in my flashing thread and can only be done via activesync (windows xp or windows7 32bit preferred).
If you cant manage to do it that way then im afraid you cant install HardSPL.
The effort is well worth it if you want to be able to protect your phone and want to flash custom roms
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And what an awesome guide/tutorial is it... so much info and so much I learned... thanks...
VirtualBox @ your distro and map USB port do Virtual Machine running Windows XP and ActiveSync.
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Nice idea, sadly it hangs/stops working just after the phone restarts to the bootloader screen. I guess it could have been worse, it could have hung about 1min in to the instal and bricked my phone.
I think im going to have to resort to using windows this once.
so last night my pc crashed and i thought i lost everything, i was able to recover my windows 7 install, thank god. anyways if i couldn't of i was going to install the new ubuntu that just came out. my question is:
is there htc sync for linux?
will ubuntu detect the hero on usb mode?
i assume there is a android sdk & guide to setup on ubuntu?
do you find building roms & developing for the hero easier on linux?
thanks!
I don't know if this will help you at all, but I believe gbhil did/does a lot of Ubuntu. Here is a guide he wrote for setting things up:
http://forum.androidcentral.com/hac...ramming-envrionment-using-ubuntu-windows.html
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so last night my pc crashed and i thought i lost everything, i was able to recover my windows 7 install, thank god. anyways if i couldn't of i was going to install the new ubuntu that just came out. my question is:
is there htc sync for linux?
will ubuntu detect the hero on usb mode?
i assume there is a android sdk & guide to setup on ubuntu?
do you find building roms & developing for the hero easier on linux?
thanks!
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1. Yes
2. Yes
3. Yes
4. Yes
Ubuntu is amazing. The newest version was released yesterday, 10.04 -- and it's great! I've dual booted (Windows 7 and Ubuntu) for some time now and realistically once you try Linux, you'll most likely use it as your main OS.
Developing, theming, syncing, and anything you can do in Windows with the HERO can be done in Linux (Ubuntu) -- I know, because I do it!
You should definitely give Ubuntu a try, at least try a Live CD, you won't be disappointed.
Or, if you use VMWare, I have a Virtual Machine already compiled and running Ubuntu (not the newset) but it should be setup already.
Edit....Actually, that may have been before I had to reinstall windows. Anyways, I'll check and see what I still have lol.
Ubuntu is definitely the way to go. I'd never go back. Everything works for me.
I use Ubuntu exclusively now. Wont go back to Winblows. Also, you can use Wubi installer if you dont want to remove your Windows install. Wubi will install Ubuntu beside Windows and give you the option to dual boot...
yea, I'm a wubi convert. If linux played better with my laptop, I'd go all the way, if ya know what I mean... lol
anyways, two problems I have (although will be trying 10.04 later this weekend to see if they're fixed) was plugging in headphones not automatically turning off speakers (could turn down speaker volume manually though) and finding a decent visualization program for listening to music at work (I use whitecap on windows right now). Minor annoyances, but hey.
VinceOB said:
I use Ubuntu exclusively now. Wont go back to Winblows. Also, you can use Wubi installer if you dont want to remove your Windows install. Wubi will install Ubuntu beside Windows and give you the option to dual boot...
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Sweet. thanks for the tip.
im gonna set up a wubi install tonight, i still love windows 7 too much but after last night im compelled to format but it takes too damn long.
I wonder if with Wubi if you can install the newest Ubuntu or if you are tied down to specific versions?
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I wonder if with Wubi if you can install the newest Ubuntu or if you are tied down to specific versions?
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wubi will come on all ubuntu versions. it's included in the iso you download.
fixxxer2008 said:
so last night my pc crashed and i thought i lost everything, i was able to recover my windows 7 install, thank god. anyways if i couldn't of i was going to install the new ubuntu that just came out. my question is:
is there htc sync for linux?
will ubuntu detect the hero on usb mode?
i assume there is a android sdk & guide to setup on ubuntu?
do you find building roms & developing for the hero easier on linux?
thanks!
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1. No HTC Sync for Linux
2. Ubuntu will detect the Hero (the 1.5-based Roms had an additional benefit...when you mount the SD card, you would also be able to directly modify the ext partition if you were using Apps2SD...market apps such as splitter will perform the same function in any Rom).
3. There is an Android SDK for Linux and several guides that will tell you how to set it up on Ubuntu.
4. Development, I think, is easier since both run the Linux OS.
Wait...there's an HTC Sync for Linux (not that it really matters, since I can care less...but if so, I may have stuck my foot in my mouth again. Can't get this taste of Tinactin out of my mouth.)
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1. Yes
2. Yes
3. Yes
4. Yes
Ubuntu is amazing. The newest version was released yesterday, 10.04 -- and it's great! I've dual booted (Windows 7 and Ubuntu) for some time now and realistically once you try Linux, you'll most likely use it as your main OS.
Developing, theming, syncing, and anything you can do in Windows with the HERO can be done in Linux (Ubuntu) -- I know, because I do it!
You should definitely give Ubuntu a try, at least try a Live CD, you won't be disappointed.
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Ad hoc networking is spotty in Ubuntu...at least 9.04 and 9.10. Until i install the 10.04 final I cant say if it still sucks. They changed a bunch of stuff regarding networking support, so It might be fixed now.Takes a lot of extra work to get wireless tethering to work.
My bluetooth hardware in my computers wont see the phone and it connects but never pairs. Android has always had lackluster bluetooth support anyways. That might be my hardware in my systems though.
Im ok with wired tethering though anyway so I havent made a lot of effort on that front. Thats my only major gripe.
Almost every little quirky thing can be fixed if you do come across problems, but these problems are fewer and fewer since 8.04 .
Ubuntu forums are amazingly helpful (if you follow the rules and dont ask stupid ass questions)
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wubi will come on all ubuntu versions. it's included in the iso you download.
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installing wubi now. this has been an excellent thread thanks!
i do have an ubuntu netbook i have used twice due to my wife is a thief! thats why so excited to try this. beats buying another laptop.
How do you install Ubuntu on a hero? i wanna try too lol
pimix2009 said:
How do you install Ubuntu on a hero? i wanna try too lol
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Uhh, no one is installing Ubuntu on the Hero.
pimix2009 said:
How do you install Ubuntu on a hero? i wanna try too lol
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lol. Not on the hero .
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Uhh, no one is installing Ubuntu on the Hero.
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it would be cool if we could, the tp2 users can.
anybody got a link for the htc sync for linux?
ad hoc...
agentofboom said:
Ad hoc networking is spotty in Ubuntu...at least 9.04 and 9.10.
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i am running crunchbang 9.04 (great for older machines and underpowered netbooks) which is a very sleek, very fast distro based off of ubunutu 9.04 and wifi tethering works perfectly without any fussing with it.
for a distro, ubuntu is a great starting point but personally it is too bloated and feels too much like windows.
btw- crunchbang 10 alpha release is very solid (especially for an alpha build) and works very well on netbooks. the support community for it is fantastic (which is very important for me- read: i am not a dev). check out distrowatch.
cheers and best of luck with linux!,
ryan
is it the same thing as installing it with a windows computer?
got tired of windows mobile 7, so going back to android,
angry birds!
but yea, sorry so would anyone care to help me out?
really? no one guys?
I have never used a mac, but i did read about it something like 6 months ago when i was stuck on the wm6.5 test rom.
From what i read, you have to set up an emulated windows environment on your mac, and then do some additional stuff to make all the commands and such point to the right place. To be honest, it sounded like quite a pain in the ass, compared to using somebody else's windows computer.
Wish I could be of more help man, best of luck. Hopefully somebody with better unix experience can come along and point you to a real good guide. Or you find someone to let you use their Windows pc.
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You should install a version of Windows via bootcamp. Just type in Spotlight " bootcamp" and it should show up and follow its instructions. Shouldnt be too complicated. then after install Windows onto bootcamp partition, set up as u normally use it on windows. Bootcamp allows you to run Windows ( XP, win 7, Vista) natively on Mac with its own Win drivers ( install using your mac installation disk after windows has finished setup). Hope this help.
yeaa i know about bootcamp, just dindn't wanna install windows on my mac, sigh but thanks guys for the help.
Just put all the required files on your sd card, take your phone and usb cable to walmart, and use one of their laptops that are out on display
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I don't blame you for not wanting to install Windows on your Mac. This might be a totally dumm suggestion too as I have absolutely no knowledge of Mac. But could you not buy a cheap external hard drive and install Windows on the external hard drive and just use the hard drive to run the windows or the above mentioned bootcamp off of the external hard drive. Don't really know if you can do this or not but just a thought.
Yes you can run windows on another HDD. It's possible.
leoaudio13 said:
Yes you can run windows on another HDD. It's possible.
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Thanks leoaudio you taught me something new today.
I still like my idea best. It's free, and kinda bad ass lol.
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T-Macgnolia said:
Thanks leoaudio you taught me something new today.
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I'm using a Mac Pro 2008 Quad core, running 3 OS ( Mac OSX Lion Dev. Version, Windows 7 x84 for Android and gaming, windows XP for other stuff ) on 3 different HDD . Everything works just fine.
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I'm using a Mac Pro 2008 Quad core, running 3 OS ( Mac OSX Lion Dev. Version, Windows 7 x84 for Android and gaming, windows XP for other stuff ) on 3 different HDD . Everything works just fine.
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i wouldn't mind installing windows 7 on bootcamp but eh.. i'm not sure and all just to install android , that's what i'm more than likely gonna go since there's no other way. >.< thanks guys for the help.