CINGULAR 8525 (aka herm100) unlocking FRUSTRATION IS MAKING ME ###[email protected]#$# - 8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General

Hi folks...
so i sold my blackberry pearl and added 100.00 for a nice cingular 8525. i needed to unlock this phone so i came across "pof" tutorial and methods of unlocking myself.. i went through the process thinking i did have 1.04 radio because when i go to bootloader (tri color screen) it shows IPL 1.04 and spl-shipped.. so i thought 1.04 was the version... the tutorial mentions spl-xxx is the version but mine says shipped.. (whats with that? ) so basically i followed the steps and later got sucess word and punched in the code given by "pof" but it didn't work and now says "you have tried 6 times and wait until time"
so i don't want to screw this up anymore so come to you guys for help..
so i went to the device system menu
and radio version says 1.48
rom version is 3.0
win 6 mobile
phone is cingular and my sim card is tmobile
so i guess i have 1.48 and not 1.04 that is needed to unlock myself... so i heard if i don't have 1.04 i need to get the imei number and get the unlock code so i went to http://www.wirelessunlocks.com/ and hopefully the code they give me will work.. i paid 7.99 for this service..
so my questions.
1. since i followed "pof" instructions and got sucess at the end.. despite having a 1.48 radio version... did i permanently damage my phone? or i think the word is "bricking".
2. Wirelessunlocks.com i used... to get the code number (which hasn't come yet) does these services have a high sucess rate?
3. if the wirelessunlocks.com service doesn't seem to work.. what are my other options? perhaps i can downgrade to 1.04 from 1.48 ? or any method so i can start using this phone will be great.. has been very frustrating...process but i'm learning

I hope this helps!
When I first unlocked AT&T 8525 my phone, I read up all the articles on how it could be bricked, and by the time I finished reading them, I figured, well.....if my phone bricks....then, it was meant to be, lol. I used the pof unlocker v3a the day I got my phone, and it worked. I have no idea what version of spl, or ipl I had before, but the way that they talk about it on the site, it seems that its safe to use with any HERM100 phone. Oh, and I found this video on the pof site. http://youtube.com/watch?v=4lA9S9ELSAU Let me know how things go! Oh, and when your phone is a brick, it means that it is useless, whether it be that when you turn it on, it freezes at the startup screen and never loads windows, or whether it doesnt turn on anymore, or any state that seems hopeless. I think that if your phone enters a state where it keeps going to the bootloader mode, that it still can be saved, but I'm not 100% sure. If anyone else reads this and disagrees, please correct me! Oh, and when you get your phone unlocked, feel free to contact me about any cool things you wanna do to it. I got about 6 months of experience now, lol. Doesn't come close to some of the senior members who create their own roms now, lol, but I can still be of help!

Ok, monkeyisland90, radio rom has got NOTHING to do with unlocking the hermes. Its the IPL & the SPL. To see these go into bootloader screen. How to do so are in Pofs instructions.... Follow the instructions STEP by STEP and you cant go wrong. A large number of people have done this successfully (including myself) so you should have no trouble. Most people "skip ahead" and thats how you will get into hot water. Try again and I think, if you go step by step, you will have no trouble. Dont forget to install hard SPl on before upgrading roms though. It'll help if things go wrong( and they will at least once) to recover your Phone. If the radio rom seems to work ok and there is no real battery drain LEAVE IT ALONE... This is probably the riskiest part to flash as a failure generally means a brick. Most, if not all, cooked roms dont include a radio so can be considered safer to flash. Personally I prefer to use the sd card method of flashing as there has been less problems for me with this method but it comes down to personel preference. Happy Flashing......

but when going to the bootloader (tricolor screen) it says
ipl-1.04
spl-shipped..
and pof says that after spl-xxx it should be your rom version.. but mine says shipped.. what the heck does that mean?
is this where i need to do the hard spl?

hey monkeyisland90, did you ever get your unlock code from wirelessunlocks.com?
I stumbled across them while googling unlock sites...7.99 is a tough deal to beat, but the site was only registered in February and looking through HoFo, here and googling wirelessunlocks.com, yours is the only first-person account I've seen of ordering through them.
So...are they any good?

Wireless Unlocks are a scam
They are a scam.
After you pay them you will get this email
Dear Customer
We are sorry to tell you that on this occasion we have no solution
available to unlock your phone. We apologise for this and are working
very hard to keep up to date and produce methods to unlock as many
phones as we can.
And this will be at the end
You will be issued a full refund from ourselves, please allow up to
seven days for this to reach your bank account (although it is
usually faster than this). The refunds generally go straight into
your card account or bank account.
And that will be the last you will hear from them.
They will not respond to emails at all after that.
BUYER BEWARE
Spead the word

Haxta said:
They are a scam.
After you pay them you will get this email
Dear Customer
We are sorry to tell you that on this occasion we have no solution
available to unlock your phone. We apologise for this and are working
very hard to keep up to date and produce methods to unlock as many
phones as we can.
And this will be at the end
You will be issued a full refund from ourselves, please allow up to
seven days for this to reach your bank account (although it is
usually faster than this). The refunds generally go straight into
your card account or bank account.
And that will be the last you will hear from them.
They will not respond to emails at all after that.
BUYER BEWARE
Spead the word
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Interesting...I ended up trying them, and got that email, but they did issue me a refund!

Here is how to put on the latest spl
http://www.mrvanx.org/thg/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=16&Itemid=26
for anything else you ever want to do to your phone, check here
http://www.mrvanx.org/thg/

Cingular 8525
well after i did the flashing to my pda and installed wm 6.5 it was working until this morning i turned on and it freezes at the startup screen and never loads windows... is it possible to fix, waht i have to do?
Thanks

just apply Hardreset or simple softresets, wich rom do you have? maybe your abatt is dead... maybe you install something weird
it could have many diferent issues about
maybe you dont flash the shipped stripped rom att wm6 before the 6.5?

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I am lost about the WM2003 Update from ATT

Ok, I have spent the past few hours both ruining my phone, and then trying to fix it
So here is my situation. I have a newly purchased SX56 Phone that I decided to try to upgrade using the exe off the Siemens site. I made sure my battery was fully charged, plugged into the cradle, and started the process. At about 10% during the Radio Stack upgrade, the phone failed. My desktop told me to unplug the USB cable, and then reset, at which time the Radio Stack would finish updating. This of course didn't work, and I got the 1% error. It kept rebooting with the 1% error. I proceeded to try to soft resent, and go the now infamous white screen.
I don't currently possess an SD Reader, and its one in the morning, so I don't imagine getting one until tomorrow. In the meantime, after reading MANY posts, I'm not sure what to do.
I suspect that my Radio Stack is gone or fried, and I'm not sure I understand if I can somehow reload it or not?
I'm assuming my current ROM is still intact, only because for one brief second at one moment, I got my PPC up again but it was barely functional, didn't have a start menu, just a white bar at the top of the screen where the start menu bar was before. Since then I've only gotten white screens.
I have tried doing the boot-loader just to see what I got on my phone, I apparently have Wallaby 5.22, but I don't understand if this is a bad thing or not, as I saw many people talking about getting down to 5.17 or 5.15??? Furthermore, I didn't have an SD card in the phone when I pulled up the bootloader, and the phone just got a GSM ERROR. I have yet to find informative info on if this is ok considering I have nothing in there, or if this is a problem for me.
I have also tried the volume + soft reset to get back to the 1% error, but I haven't seen that yet.
My end goal is to have a functioning phone, I would like to have WM2003, but its not necessary. I'm just not sure anymore what methods to try from my current situation.
Keeping in mind I am frozen on the white screen page, Should I:
1. Try to reinstall the Radio Stack first? (and if so how? Does it involve copying files to a SD card? I assume so because I cannot connect to my phone anymore through active sync)
2. Try to get my PC2002 or WM2003 up and running and not worry about the Radio Stack just yet? (also how if this is the case?)
3. Try to return my phone? (This is a last option, because I'm not sure I can even find this phone anymore in my area, and I really like it, and would love to continue to use it)
and finally, am I pretty much screwed on charging my phone until I fix everything else?
Thanks Again
Thanks for all the great information
unless you are in US
then installing the us radiostack which is shipped with the s56 update is a big nono!
imho then installing any radiostack unless you have gsm signal issues or if your phonecompany tell you to is somewhat a risky buiness
Rudegar said:
unless you are in US
then installing the us radiostack which is shipped with the s56 update is a big nono!
imho then installing any radiostack unless you have gsm signal issues or if your phonecompany tell you to is somewhat a risky buiness
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I am in the U.S., and ATT Wireless sent us all text messages telling us about the upgrade,...
If the radio is knackered the only option is to return it or get somebody on the forum to help that has jtag kit for direct chip flashing. Personally I would send it in for replacement.
cruisin-thru said:
If the radio is knackered the only option is to return it or get somebody on the forum to help that has jtag kit for direct chip flashing. Personally I would send it in for replacement.
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I seem to see others talking about reinstalling the Radio Stack using RSUpdate, etc...would this not work for me? How would I know if my RS is completely gone, or just malfunctioning because of a bad install?

Help needed updating/repairing mda vario pleease

Hello all,
I am really sorry for being a noob, and i am also sorry if this is answered elsewhere but i have looked and havent got a clue what im doing. I have a T-Mobile MDA Vario and am having all sorts of problems with it. I was told that if I upgrade my rom it should sort it out plus i also like the though of having WM6.
I have looked round the forums and it looks like i have a G4 device(IPL 2.21.0001). My current rom version is 2.21.2.6 wwe, radio version 02.19.11.
It has never been altered by myself and i have had it since new so it is not unlockedin any way.
Also i am running Vista on my PC.
Hope thats all the info you need.. Hope to hear back from some kind person shortly.
many thanks...Tim
what is you SPL, thats the important info. go to bootloader by completely turning off you phone (taking out battery, and putting it back in after about 10 seconds), and holding the camera button while you turn it on. It will say your SPL.
you have to first CID unlock you phone, BEFORE you install any custom ROM. im not sure if things have changed now, but as far as I know, the only way to CID unlock a G4 device is to pay for it, I don't think anybody has found another way yet. I think its about 40 US dollars. I think its at http://www.imei-check.co.uk after that, you can install special G4 ROMS. It has to be G4 safe, if you use a G3 ROM, you will ruin your phone.
IM NOT SURE ABOUT ANY OF THIS, it's just what I think.

Paid for olipro but no luck!

Hi y'all,
A friend gave me his Nike (branded as a T-Mobile TouchPlus). It was locked to T-Mobile (UK). I'm on Orange.
So I paid olipro for his unlock service.
The first part (flash hard spl) goes okay.
Then, every time I flash the radio it gets to 100%, but then I'm told there was an error. The phone freezes on the tri-colour screen and I have to use MTTY to make it boot.
I've emailed olipro several times but he hasn't answered.
Does anybody have any idea what's going wrong, and what I should do? I went into a store today that offers unlocking. They guy said he'd have to send the phone away for a few days, at a cost of £35.
I don't mind paying, cos I like the phone and what it can do. But is there an easier/cheaper way? I already paid olipro!
Many thanks for any help.
Greg.
Try this, it's free http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=395945
You could donate to help him though.
Follow the instructions to the letter with all the details and it will work

T-Mobile UK another provider to let the side down

I made a big big mistake, just before Christmas...... I moved providers from o2to T- Mobile UK.
In my haste to be one of the first to own the HD2 I abandoned o2 because they were not getting thier stock til later on.....what a mistake!!!
T-Mobile customer service is pants....they have an automated service that takes about 10 minutes to get to where you want to be and then you get some bird who hasn't actually got a clue about the problem that you are enquiring about and then says she has to ask someone in tech support (when she is supposed to be tech support) she goes away for 10 minutes and then comes back and says that she can't help.
Now if you XDA chaps can assist
T-Mobile tech support say that they are currently testing a ROM update is this true or False?
T-Mobile instant messeging doesn't work....Why?
Sound is very crackly during calls... Why?
Cannot stream video....Adobe flash player for mobiles doesn't work and everytime I try to run a youtube video it says that it isn't available...should I be able to play streaming media on this phone?
Keyboard is hyper sensitive and often double taps...any way to prevent this?
I have an HTC leather flip case for this phone but whenever i turn off the power (required for my job) and slide the phone into my inside jacket pocket...it always turns itself back on....I am worried that it will ring....it could cost me my job.
Hotmail account won't configure
Takes ages to connect to a contact....Why?
I read the post that Vodaphone are not issuing an update for this phone.... are T-Mobile? and if not, is it legal?
The staff at T-Mobile were very unhelpful and quite brusque...as far as they are concerned they have got me locked into an 18mth contract and thats all they care about
Timax_50 said:
I have an HTC leather flip case for this phone but whenever i turn off the power (required for my job) and slide the phone into my inside jacket pocket...it always turns itself back on....I am worried that it will ring....it could cost me my job.
Hotmail account won't configure
Takes ages to connect to a contact....Why?
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Sounds like your a train driver, and my windows live has a problem too! Poxy thing!
MOst of these issues have LOADS of threads about them, so i'll be brief,
1 - many people have reported sms problems, read the LOTS of threads about it. I dont have this problem so cant offer any help, though tere is an update on the HTC website which could be your first stop.
2 - As above with sound, , read the threads
3 - TMobile set the hd2 up with a proxy server set. Go to the settings tab, click menu, all settings, connections, set up my proxy server and untick this connection uses a proxy. (again, dozens of threads about this)
4 - Lots of threads about the sensitivity, have a look at, for example, BSBtweaks, it can reduce the sensitivity, amongst other handy things.
5 - Sounds like the case is pressing against the power button, have a look and see if this is the case, maybe adjust the positioning of the hd2 in the case?
6 - Again, loads of threads about this.
7 - Not sure what you mean about 'connect to contact'
Sorry if i'm not answering very well, just wanted you to know there are loads of threads about most of your issues.
Happy reading!
Timax_50 said:
I have an HTC leather flip case for this phone but whenever i turn off the power (required for my job) and slide the phone into my inside jacket pocket...it always turns itself back on....I am worried that it will ring....it could cost me my job.
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Obvious answer, but set the phone to silent before you turn it off. That way, even if it does power on and ring, you just won't know.
Timax_50 said:
I made a big big mistake, just before Christmas...... I moved providers from o2to T- Mobile UK.
In my haste to be one of the first to own the HD2 I abandoned o2 because they were not getting thier stock til later on.....what a mistake!!!
T-Mobile customer service is pants....they have an automated service that takes about 10 minutes to get to where you want to be and then you get some bird who hasn't actually got a clue about the problem that you are enquiring about and then says she has to ask someone in tech support (when she is supposed to be tech support) she goes away for 10 minutes and then comes back and says that she can't help.
Now if you XDA chaps can assist
T-Mobile tech support say that they are currently testing a ROM update is this true or False?
T-Mobile instant messeging doesn't work....Why?
Sound is very crackly during calls... Why?
Cannot stream video....Adobe flash player for mobiles doesn't work and everytime I try to run a youtube video it says that it isn't available...should I be able to play streaming media on this phone?
Keyboard is hyper sensitive and often double taps...any way to prevent this?
I have an HTC leather flip case for this phone but whenever i turn off the power (required for my job) and slide the phone into my inside jacket pocket...it always turns itself back on....I am worried that it will ring....it could cost me my job.
Hotmail account won't configure
Takes ages to connect to a contact....Why?
I read the post that Vodaphone are not issuing an update for this phone.... are T-Mobile? and if not, is it legal?
The staff at T-Mobile were very unhelpful and quite brusque...as far as they are concerned they have got me locked into an 18mth contract and thats all they care about
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It also sounds like you have a crap phone! I would be screaming the house down and quoting the sale of goods act etc to initially either get a replacement or if that doesn't please you cancel the contract. Saying that I have been with them for my 3rd 18 month contract now - I upgraded in late December - and everything worked fine and I have none of your issues. I also recently upgraded the ROM to one on here because to be honest the "official" ones are crap anyway!
I will admit their customer serice is shockingly ****e, although I had similar experiance with O2 and Vodaphone. You would not believe the conversations I had when I was enquiring about upgrading to the HD2! Eventually I got hold of someone who could not have been more helpful and I had the device within 24 hours. No regrets since...
3 - TMobile set the hd2 up with a proxy server set. Go to the settings tab, click menu, all settings, connections, set up my proxy server and untick this connection uses a proxy. (again, dozens of threads about this)
I use T-mobile UK as my provider and, after checking the connections -> proxy tab the connection settings already installed does not have the use proxy server box ticked.
Old versions of the HTC connections setup utility used to install the wrong settings the stock uk T-mobile rom (version 1.43) doesnt have this problem.
If you have connection problems I would put them down to poor signal strength or the radio rom used.
Timax_50 said:
Keyboard is hyper sensitive and often double taps...any way to prevent this?
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Did you apply the protection screen on ?
In my case it reduced the screen sensitivity
You can find sth with good quality for 3 pounds (set of 3). Check in HD2 Accessories section on forum, I`ve seen about 3 topics about protective screens (films).
Kris
TonyJ999 said:
It also sounds like you have a crap phone! I would be screaming the house down and quoting the sale of goods act etc to initially either get a replacement or if that doesn't please you cancel the contract. Saying that I have been with them for my 3rd 18 month contract now - I upgraded in late December - and everything worked fine and I have none of your issues. I also recently upgraded the ROM to one on here because to be honest the "official" ones are crap anyway!
I will admit their customer serice is shockingly ****e, although I had similar experiance with O2 and Vodaphone. You would not believe the conversations I had when I was enquiring about upgrading to the HD2! Eventually I got hold of someone who could not have been more helpful and I had the device within 24 hours. No regrets since...
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So Tony, I guess you Gold carded your phone to be able to use an XDA ROM?
I am a little worried about doing this as it would invalidate my warranty if It screwed up.
T-Mobile tech support say that they are currently testing a ROM update is this true or False?
No idea.
T-Mobile instant messeging doesn't work....Why?
No idea, I don't use it, sorry. There are workarounds tho, there always are.
Sound is very crackly during calls... Why?
Turn the volume down.
Cannot stream video....Adobe flash player for mobiles doesn't work and everytime I try to run a youtube video it says that it isn't available...should I be able to play streaming media on this phone?
I can, install the youtube youtubewvga.cab for full access.
Keyboard is hyper sensitive and often double taps...any way to prevent this?
Practice !
I have an HTC leather flip case for this phone but whenever i turn off the power (required for my job) and slide the phone into my inside jacket pocket...it always turns itself back on....I am worried that it will ring....it could cost me my job.
As advised, switch phone to silent or put it into flight mode before going to work !
Hotmail account won't configure
It will if you follow the instructions given here abouts.
Takes ages to connect to a contact....Why?
Signal issues ?
I read the post that Vodaphone are not issuing an update for this phone.... are T-Mobile? and if not, is it legal?
Quite legal.
The staff at T-Mobile were very unhelpful and quite brusque...as far as they are concerned they have got me locked into an 18mth contract and thats all they care about
Quite reasonable given the erratic nature of your questions here ! Imagine you on the phone
Calm down, get into the phone, use the forums, read them a lot, section by section and you'll see that most of the issues with the phone are in fact user error !
Timax_50 said:
So Tony, I guess you Gold carded your phone to be able to use an XDA ROM?
I am a little worried about doing this as it would invalidate my warranty if It screwed up.
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no need to gold card. install hspl through pc, this then lets you install any rom, official or cooked. should you then need to revert back to stock rom just copy the nbh file to sd card (no need to be gold) and it will not only flash back to stock rom but overwright hspl to default too, thus restoring the warranty.
the important part is making sure there is a stock rom available for your phone + network as backup.(go read the "official roms"thread to see... i don't think theres a t mob stock rom up there yet, but im sure there will be before long, or you could be the hero who dumps a stock tmob rom and be hailed as a god by all the tmo users!)
also since there isn't a t mob up there, gold card still wouldn't help because there is no official one to flash back to for warranty purposes.
With regards to the youtube issue, you may find you have to phone up customer services to get content lock turned off.
They put this on to stop children etc watching inappropriate content.
It took me a few mins on the phone to get this done.
I have found the T-mobile Customer support to be very good. If ever you've been with Three you will have nothing but praise for T-mobile staff.
samsamuel said:
no need to gold card. install hspl through pc, this then lets you install any rom, official or cooked. should you then need to revert back to stock rom just copy the nbh file to sd card (no need to be gold) and it will not only flash back to stock rom but overwright hspl to default too, thus restoring the warranty.
the important part is making sure there is a stock rom available for your phone + network as backup.(go read the "official roms"thread to see... i don't think theres a t mob stock rom up there yet, but im sure there will be before long, or you could be the hero who dumps a stock tmob rom and be hailed as a god by all the tmo users!)
also since there isn't a t mob up there, gold card still wouldn't help because there is no official one to flash back to for warranty purposes.
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Thanks for the info Sam
I am still only 50% the wiser...you say that hspl would enable me to use an Stock or cooked Rom but you say I have to use a stock Rom but there isn't one so what benefit is there to me if I can't install one because there isn't one? I might have some of the terminology wrong so please don't be too hard on me
compact_bijou said:
T-Mobile tech support say that they are currently testing a ROM update is this true or False?
No idea.
T-Mobile instant messeging doesn't work....Why?
No idea, I don't use it, sorry. There are workarounds tho, there always are.
Sound is very crackly during calls... Why?
Turn the volume down.
Cannot stream video....Adobe flash player for mobiles doesn't work and everytime I try to run a youtube video it says that it isn't available...should I be able to play streaming media on this phone?
I can, install the youtube youtubewvga.cab for full access.
Keyboard is hyper sensitive and often double taps...any way to prevent this?
Practice !
I have an HTC leather flip case for this phone but whenever i turn off the power (required for my job) and slide the phone into my inside jacket pocket...it always turns itself back on....I am worried that it will ring....it could cost me my job.
As advised, switch phone to silent or put it into flight mode before going to work !
Hotmail account won't configure
It will if you follow the instructions given here abouts.
Takes ages to connect to a contact....Why?
Signal issues ?
I read the post that Vodaphone are not issuing an update for this phone.... are T-Mobile? and if not, is it legal?
Quite legal.
The staff at T-Mobile were very unhelpful and quite brusque...as far as they are concerned they have got me locked into an 18mth contract and thats all they care about
Quite reasonable given the erratic nature of your questions here ! Imagine you on the phone
Calm down, get into the phone, use the forums, read them a lot, section by section and you'll see that most of the issues with the phone are in fact user error !
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Thanks for the feedback Compact, you are right I do tend to lose it a bit on the phone because the staff are obviously not trained on this phone and as they say time is money and I don't have hours to while away on the phone getting nowhere.
Timax_50 said:
Thanks for the info Sam
I am still only 50% the wiser...you say that hspl would enable me to use an Stock or cooked Rom but you say I have to use a stock Rom but there isn't one so what benefit is there to me if I can't install one because there isn't one? I might have some of the terminology wrong so please don't be too hard on me
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Installing a HardSPL will unlock your phone so that you can install any ROM onto it - that includes stock HTC ROMs, cooked ROMs, or anything else.
Using HardSPL and/or installing a ROM other than the type was designed for (e.g. from your carrier if it's a carrier-branded phone) will void your warranty.
However, if your phone does develop a fault, then (assuming it is still functioning well enough that you can still flash it) you can use a stock ROM of the appropriate type to put both a legal ROM and a legal SPL back onto it, and leave your phone in a state where they can't tell it was ever flashed with anything naughty, and will thus have to honour your warranty after all.
hehe, its a minefield of confusion.
you can run any rom you like if you instal hspl (I'm) currently running a cooked rom on my o2 locked phone.... BUT ...should I need to send it back I have a copy off the official o2 rom as backup.
if I flash the o2 rom from the pc, it doesn't remove hspl, but if I flash it from the sd card it DOES remove hspl.
your problem is that there currently isn't a tmob rom for you to keep for backup to remove hspl (flashing from sd card the phone does id checks on the rom, hspl it doesn't)
with a gold card it lets you flash any official rom BUTT of course that doesn't help either because there still isn't a tmob for if you need to send it back.
hope that explains it better !do ask again if still confused.
samsamuel said:
with a gold card it lets you flash any official rom BUTT of course that doesn't help either because there still isn't a tmob for if you need to send it back.
hope that explains it better !do ask again if still confused.
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I believe there are two official t-mobile roms to download - links can be found in the ROM forum.
I downloaded
RUU_Leo_TMO_UK_1.43.110.2_Radio_Signed_15.26.50.07U_2.04.50.22_2_Ship
as a backup before flashing. I think the other version is 1.43.<something else>
I've not actually tried it but i'm pretty sure you can trust it is what the uploader says it is.
josep54 said:
I believe there are two official t-mobile roms to download - links can be found in the ROM forum.
I downloaded
RUU_Leo_TMO_UK_1.43.110.2_Radio_Signed_15.26.50.07U_2.04.50.22_2_Ship
as a backup before flashing. I think the other version is 1.43.<something else>
I've not actually tried it but i'm pretty sure you can trust it is what the uploader says it is.
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Ahhh I didnt look that hard, my o2 one is in the first link, never had to, , hehe.
@Timax_50 - there you go, to see if it works, download that, extract the exe file to a folder (dont run it) find the RUU_signed.nbh file (about 200 meg size) copy it to your sd card (fat 32 recommended) rename it leoimg.nbh, reset your phone to boot mode (vol down + tap power) and IF its the correct one, it will let you flash back to factory default. If it fails, its not the correct stock rom and it will stop.
If its good, you can hspl and if you ever need to remove the hspl, just do that sd card flash with that file.
If you run the update from the pc, even though it is a stock rom, it will NOT remove hspl, only if you do it sd card.
My O2 HD2, setup with t-mobile UK has the proxy setting ticked and works fine....
strange.
Yeah as someone else said... stick with the phone... as you get into it you'll find ways to do things. I still have the 1.43 ROM on my T-Mobile HD2 but I now have the phone doing most of what I want.

[Q]WP7 Flash - ROM Question

Well guys once again im posting a questino regarding my HD2. Ive been browsing the forums and youtube in regards to flashing my HD with wm6.5 to WP7.
Yes i know its going to be buggy but tbh 6.5 is horrible :S Now my question is , Which ROM is reccomended? Im leaning towards http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=944995&page=51 as this rom shows GREAT promise. And looks about right. Few questions that ARENT highlighted in the post.
GPRS / HSDPA working?
WIFI Working?
What shall i be prepared to find WONT be working. Also my HD only has a 176MB Internal memory. Obviously 512MB Flash
Will i have to downgrade anything as these are my software stats atm.
OS Version
5.2.21913 ( 21913.5.0.94)
Manilla Version
2.5.20181527.0
ROM Version
3.14.405.2 (04666) WWE
Radio Version
2.15.50.14
PB8100 SS-BC
SPL-2.08.HSPL 8G XE
CotullaHSPL
My phone is an insurance replacement that isnt bound to Tmobile UK anymore. So im not worried about voiding my warranty. Im worried about bricking as my Insurance wont cover that
In summary : Which ROM , Any Thing need Upgrading / Downgrading , 2gb SD Card That Ok size wise? Any thing i should be prepared to NOT have working. **** When i need to activate my LIVE Services what if he asks for my IMEI Number? Shall i hangup and redial or give him my HD2's IMEI?
Thanks for the replies and if i have broken any rules please point them out to me. But I want to be PERFECTLY certain that my choice for WP7 is the right one. As im not eligble for an upgrade for another 12 months * 24 Month Contracts FAIL *
Now that´s funny that you get a phone with HSPL - this actually voids your warranty if you send your device to a service center. In other words: Even if you would do nothing right now, you would risk to not get any warranty since HSPL is already on your device.
Or, did you flash HSPL yourself already? Anyway, doesn´t matter here.
As long as the data you listed are 100% accurate, you´re absolutely fine and ready to flash either WP7 or an Android NAND build - because you do have HSPL 2.08 plus the correct Radio ROM already.
Now, you´d have to install MAGLDR 1.13 (tutorial here), and then the WP7 ROM of your choice (I would take one which comes with all Chevron stuff built-in, means those ROMs are jailbroken already). The one you mention runs perfectly here, no problems at all.
Remember, if you want to use Live services, you´ll still need an activation code from Microsoft.
Most everything works in wp7... multitouch is kinda buggy and you only get 2 point multitouch while native wp7 phones have 4 point touch. Other than that, it will work about the same as a native wp7 phone. All the hardware works.. wifi, bluetooth, gps, phone and data. 2gb memory card is fine if that's all the memory you want. But just a warning, wp7 can be very picky about what kind of memory card it'll accept... since it actually uses the sd card as non-removable main memory, it needs cards that has a good random access speed. Give your card a try... if it works and doesn't make wp7 lag or randomly restart, then you're fine. But if it doesn't work, you're going to want to get a new card... sandisk class 2 or 4 seem to most consistently work ok.
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Now that´s funny that you get a phone with HSPL - this actually voids your warranty if you send your device to a service center. In other words: Even if you would do nothing right now, you would risk to not get any warranty since HSPL is already on your device.
Or, did you flash HSPL yourself already? Anyway, doesn´t matter here.
As long as the data you listed are 100% accurate, you´re absolutely fine and ready to flash either WP7 or an Android NAND build - because you do have HSPL 2.08 plus the correct Radio ROM already.
Now, you´d have to install MAGLDR 1.13 (tutorial here), and then the WP7 ROM of your choice (I would take one which comes with all Chevron stuff built-in, means those ROMs are jailbroken already). The one you mention runs perfectly here, no problems at all.
Remember, if you want to use Live services, you´ll still need an activation code from Microsoft.
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Thanks tictac - after alot of INTENSE reading done today while the missus took care of the little one i have deemed a few answers to ALOT of my above questions.
Now you say i alreadyhave HSPL installed. Now NO i didnt install this. As i mentioned in my previous post this is an Insurance replacement. Now after digging around on site ive found another user who also had HSPL already installed on a replacement lol. Supposedly the reason is Suppliers sell 'refurbs' and 'send backs' to insurance companies and they dish these out. I must of got one that somebody had started to hack , and deemed it not worthy. Ive gone with the Xbmod version atm. Only due to the MASS amounts of response. and MYGOD thanks for posting the tutorial on Magldr installing. Ive been having ALOT of trouble getting it going.
Well , Everything is installed with NO hickups. Also have rather more internal Memory spare compared to when i was using Winmo6.5! Now i have a few questions once again.
I obviously want to Use LIVE services. But ive rang support around 4 times and each time they have asked me for an IMEI number. Now this i cant give obviously. I dont suppose there is a workaround for UK customers? And as its an 0844 number it isnt cheap :S
Also - Seen as chevron is already installed do i just follow the usual steps to get live going once i do manage to get an Activation code.
Ok - 1 Other Problem NO WIFI!? Is this the same in all releases?
Hazeno said:
Well , Everything is installed with NO hickups. Also have rather more internal Memory spare compared to when i was using Winmo6.5! Now i have a few questions once again.
I obviously want to Use LIVE services. But ive rang support around 4 times and each time they have asked me for an IMEI number. Now this i cant give obviously. I dont suppose there is a workaround for UK customers? And as its an 0844 number it isnt cheap :S
Also - Seen as chevron is already installed do i just follow the usual steps to get live going once i do manage to get an Activation code.
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I sent you a private message. Yes, once you get activation code, just put it in phone and you should be good to go.
Hazeno said:
Well , Everything is installed with NO hickups. Also have rather more internal Memory spare compared to when i was using Winmo6.5! Now i have a few questions once again.
I obviously want to Use LIVE services. But ive rang support around 4 times and each time they have asked me for an IMEI number. Now this i cant give obviously. I dont suppose there is a workaround for UK customers? And as its an 0844 number it isnt cheap :S
Also - Seen as chevron is already installed do i just follow the usual steps to get live going once i do manage to get an Activation code.
Ok - 1 Other Problem NO WIFI!? Is this the same in all releases?
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Once you get an activation Key just try to sign to live in the market place.. It will say that you cant sign in then take you to another page to enter the key once its verified your good to go... WiFi Does work its just that the MAC Address is not right and changes on every restart
hakuchi18v said:
Once you get an activation Key just try to sign to live in the market place.. It will say that you cant sign in then take you to another page to enter the key once its verified your good to go... WiFi Does work its just that the MAC Address is not right and changes on every restart
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Aye , That seems logical. Just so annoying trying to get attached to WiFi atm. Wont even find my router :S And EVERYTHING finds it.
Also i have one more problem. When i turn my phone on i have 150MB of free Phone storage , But after 10 Minutes of Use i am down to 5mb and keep getting 'your running low on storage'. Now i had this same problem with my 6.5 randomly telling me im low on storage when im doing nothing.
Is the phone Bugged? Or is the OS bugged?
Hazeno said:
Aye , That seems logical. Just so annoying trying to get attached to WiFi atm. Wont even find my router :S And EVERYTHING finds it.
Also i have one more problem. When i turn my phone on i have 150MB of free Phone storage , But after 10 Minutes of Use i am down to 5mb and keep getting 'your running low on storage'. Now i had this same problem with my 6.5 randomly telling me im low on storage when im doing nothing.
Is the phone Bugged? Or is the OS bugged?
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I would suggest first trying a different WP7 ROM... if the same thing happens then its your phone...
if not do a Task29 an put MAGLDR (if removed) and flash WP7 again

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