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Help changing Herald language

Hi,
I've just bought my wife a Herald (P4350) here in Moscow. It comes with Windows Mobile 5 in Russian and we really need to change it to English. I've been referred here as the best place for help on how to do this but looking around this forum there is a huge variety of information that is quite confusing for the noob (which I am for this type of thing!)
Can anyone tell me how to change the ROM? I don't know if it's cid locked or anything else! You'll need to tell me how I can check, if you don't mind. It's just branded as HTC. I don't mind if the ROM is WMM 5 or 6 as long as it's in English.
Thanks!

Upgrade your phone with the official WM6 HTC ROM. Then if it's still not in english, use any of our custom ROMs as they're almost all in English.
IF you decide to HardSPL, please take note of the SPL version you have or you will brick your device.

ivanmmj said:
Upgrade your phone with the official WM6 HTC ROM. Then if it's still not in english, use any of our custom ROMs as they're almost all in English.
IF you decide to HardSPL, please take note of the SPL version you have or you will brick your device.
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Thanks for the advice ivanmmj. The official update is in Russian as this is the only option it gives to download. Can you please tell me what HardSPL means? I notice other people mentioning it but I don't know what it means.
[edit] It seems that HardSPL is something that provides a more foolproof way of changing ROMS. As I am a complete newbie at this, I am worried of trying something that will render my wife's phone useless! She needs it for work.
Is it possible to upgrade my ROM to the official English WM6 ROM found in the Herald WIKI of this site? Will I have to unlock the CID?

You cannot use the official WM6 update to get it in English,
you will get a Invalid Vendor ID error, You should flash the official
WM6 RUssian first, then download USPL.
Now Download the desired ROM (pick one you like there are enough)
And always read instructions!!
USPL
RUU Russian
Read the Instructions in the USPL folder,
Put the downloaded ROM in .nbh format in the RUU folder.
If you have questions please post before just trying,
you don't want a Brick like many of us (including me) have owned

auricle said:
Is it possible to upgrade my ROM to the official English WM6 ROM found in the Herald WIKI of this site? Will I have to unlock the CID?
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No you can't, Invalid Vendor ID error will occur.
If you really want Hrd-SPL,
Upgrade to WM6 Russian first, Hard-SPL needs an SPL higher than4.xx
You can try Hard-SPL indeed, but flash official WM6 first(!!!)
Hard-SPL
*Upload by papamopps

Thanks very much for the info Dutchman! It's becoming clearer.
Where can I find information about each ROM and what they contain? There isn't a WIKI page for them yet.

auricle said:
Thanks very much for the info Dutchman! It's becoming clearer.
Where can I find information about each ROM and what they contain? There isn't a WIKI page for them yet.
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http://rapidshare.com/users/5EWZ4
every official rom....

Upgrade to the russian WM6 first, before HardSPLing and verify that you have the correct SPL version before you start.

Thank you all kindly for your help. I'll let you know how I get on.

DOPOD C800 WM6 Upgrade Problem--help me

Hi guys,
I tried to upgrade my Dopod C800 with Official WM6 ROM for HTC P4350(HTC_P4350_WWE_4.17.405.2_4.1.13.44_02.94.90_Ship.exe)
But i get ** invalid vendor Id error*** and stops upgrading.
My dopod C800 details is
SPL 1.09.0001
IPL 1.09.0001
ROM 1.7.707.3 WWE
ROM Date 11/01/06
Radio 2.69.90
protocol 4.1.13.30
Ext rom 1.7.707.106
OS 1.7.0.0
Pls help me to upgrade my dopod C800.
Thanks
Jose.

This is because the Dopod acutally never released a WM6 for your device. I too own a Dopod C800.
See this thread. This will upgrade your device to WM6 and will also make it hard SPL. After that you can(if you wish), upgrade to the cooked ROMs around too
And hey! do follow the instructions carefully

kdskamal said:
This is because the Dopod acutally never released a WM6 for your device. I too own a Dopod C800.
See this thread. This will upgrade your device to WM6 and will also make it hard SPL. After that you can(if you wish), upgrade to the cooked ROMs around too
And hey! do follow the instructions carefully
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You had a working phone after flashing HardSPL on a phone with:
SPL 1.09.0001
IPL 1.09.0001
???

Hi Thanks for the reply.
Pls help me which method i should follow.
Method 1)
1) Use HERALD-USPL-beta3.zip or Hard-SPL-Herald.zip --which one i have to sellect?
and then flash with
2)
HTC_P4350_WWE_4.17.405.2_4.1.13.44_02.94.90_ Ship.exe
or
Method 2)
1) Use HardSpl_WM6.rar or herald_wm6.rar
2) do i need to flash with officila HTC ROM or the above will contain WM6?
thanks
Jose

ivanmmj said:
You had a working phone after flashing HardSPL on a phone with:
SPL 1.09.0001
IPL 1.09.0001
???
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Yes, it acutally got upgraded to..
ipl 4.17.0001
spl 4.70.Yang

you're verry verry lucky
almost everybody bricks his device wirh spl 1.xxxxxx

bdevogt said:
you're verry verry lucky
almost everybody bricks his device wirh spl 1.xxxxxx
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GF luck?

Upgrade to w6.0 for dopod c800
Hi Mjose,
were you ever able to upgrade to 6.0??
I have a Dopod c800 with the same specs as yours. If you were successful in getting 6.0 onto it, will you please share the process and required files with me??

pls explain how do u upgrade your 1.xxxxxx phone to YANG spl

I too have the same specs for my device....c800
I want to upgrade it to win 6....please help
i want to know the procedure to upgrade my device

Change OS on Vodafone Compact

Hi everybody!
I'm new to this HTC world and kind of confused reading all this stuff !! so please be patient with me....
I thought i give it a try: i bought a german (vodafone) version of Herlad with the following tech. details:
IPL 1.09.0001
SPL 1.09.0001
GSM 02.71.90
OS 1.9.00 (this stuff is popping up under the vodafone sign).
My question: can i change (flash?) to WM 6.1 (WM6 would do also) but in ENGLISH?? and if yes HOW!!
Is the following procedure correct:
first softSPL'ing (or HardSPL'ing) the device and after that installing the new OS in english language? Or do i miss something?
Any hint is appreciated!
Thanks in advance
PS.German friends feel free to write also in german

Do NOT SoftSPL... Not with that SPL. If it's a Herald, then you'll have to use the GoldCard method to get the best of that phone. If not, then you won't be able to flash a ROM while gaining all of its storage space because you'll have to use the old and original way of flashing... Aserg's way.

Can any one help me ?O2 Hang on QteK

Any one can help me ?
I have problem with HTC Prophet O2 XDA hang on Startup.
Screen Show only QteK
IPL 2.15.0001
SPL 2.20.0001
GSM 02.47.21
OS 2.20.7.34
Show only this on Screen.
I do ROM Update & Recovery But still same .
I need Urgent help.Any one have IDEA what to do ?
JHON_DREAM.

You need original official ROM to overcome the boot screen.
Do you have it?
Then try with that and post the reslt.

JHON_DREAM said:
Any one can help me ?
I have problem with HTC Prophet O2 XDA hang on Startup.
Screen Show only QteK
IPL 2.15.0001
SPL 2.20.0001
GSM 02.47.21
OS 2.20.7.34
Show only this on Screen.
I do ROM Update & Recovery But still same .
I need Urgent help.Any one have IDEA what to do ?
JHON_DREAM.
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Read the Upgrade Guide again and look for the Recovery Steps follow that and your problem will be Fixed it worked for me if you cant find the files you need NO_Vendor WM 5 Rom let me know al upload and post the link here for you ok

read here
read carefully pls
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Prophet_recovery
shipped ROMS for recovery <preferrably ROMs with NVID or NovenderID
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Prophet_ROMs
how to use shipped ROMS:
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=PRO_ROM_BASIC
then if you have recoverd your device and want to flash a new ROM you may do so by following this steps:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=350033
or here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=310452
hope this helps

[Q] NEED HELP FOR P3450 pls

Hi i'm sebastiano, can someone help me pls?
i've buyed an htc p3450 with windows 6 , but i don't know the id and other codes.
i only know theese: ipl 2.20.0002
spl 1.11.0000
this morning i tried to change original rom with onyx 5.6
i've made this things:
i've installed cert.spcs.cab and enablerapi.cab
after using ELF_USPL_2.26.0000 i made the procedure for charge rom
and all were ok.
after i used the new os and its worked good. i made an hard reset before using definitively it. but after 10 minutes the system didn't start yet.
It run the image of Tim Operator and shut down.
The boot loader work now. i tryed to reinstall the sistem, the procedure finish without problem but when the system try to initialize the new rom , display the tim logos and after shut down..
someone know what i do and why system not reboot?
i read that i need the original italian rom for retry all my operations..but i don't know hot to find the id of my precedent rom...
pls help me

What's your actual IPL/SPL ? (you can see it in bootloader)

ipl 2.20.0002
spl 1.11.0000
theese are now

Do you know if it Elf or Elfin (Elfin is double memory), it's important if you have to flash a rom. Here's a link for original roms http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=Elf_Upgrades , none is Italian.

tito12 said:
Do you know if it Elf or Elfin (Elfin is double memory), it's important if you have to flash a rom. Here's a link for original roms http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=Elf_Upgrades , none is Italian.
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yes it's surely elf because on the box the name is htc p3450/3452 Ita S
so elf isn't S i think is the xl model

now i'm going out, but if you can help me to know what is the problem, tomorrow we can meet again
i want to remove tim's brand and i will put in a good rom with large buttons
see you bb and thanks

As far as I know xl is elfin, and if you flashed the wrong rom maybe that's why you got this problem. Anyway here's a link to a good friend who's probably more expert on Italian roms than me, Flaviopak, send him a pm http://forum.xda-developers.com/member.php?u=778494