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Hello everyone!
I want to buy some programs/games from Handango for my HTC touch HD, but I keep flashing it to all the new awesome custom ROMs whenever they come out.
Will I still be able to use the programs I bought after flashing ROMs? I hope the programs don't recognize it as a different phone and make me have to buy them again?

Someone must know.

Hi!
I've had many WM-based (smart)phones, and I always prefer to use cooked roms.
So I can tell you that 99% your software is going to run smoothly on your cooked-ROM-flashed device, as 99% of software generally check for username (Today infos) and nothing more.
Of course, should you use more specific software there might be problems, but I think that you wouldn't play around with cookers if your blackstone had a couple of thousand dollars software in its memory...

Hileotech said:
Hi!
I've had many WM-based (smart)phones, and I always prefer to use cooked roms.
So I can tell you that 99% your software is going to run smoothly on your cooked-ROM-flashed device, as 99% of software generally check for username (Today infos) and nothing more.
Of course, should you use more specific software there might be problems, but I think that you wouldn't play around with cookers if your blackstone had a couple of thousand dollars software in its memory...
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As Hileotech stated above, you should have no problems running software whether your using stock rom or cooked rom

flashing
hi all,
im fairly new to all this and would like to flash my HD with a new rom i have looked at the wiki etc and there seem to be a few different ways to do this, is there or can somebody point me in the direction of the easiest and safest way to do this.
many thanks

darrenmc168 said:
hi all,
im fairly new to all this and would like to flash my HD with a new rom i have looked at the wiki etc and there seem to be a few different ways to do this, is there or can somebody point me in the direction of the easiest and safest way to do this.
many thanks
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A warning before you flash any rom!
You must flash HardSPL first to be able to flash any rom!
* More info and instruction about HardSPL!
An alternative is USPL, it doesn't change your original SPL!
* More info and instruction about USPL!
There are 2 ways and both are easy and safe
Tips about flashing a rom
* Use fully charged device
* Switch off your device
* Go to bootloader by holding Volume down + Power button at the same time
* Connect your device to your PC
* Start BlackStoneCustomRUU.exe (downloaded rom) and follow the onscreen instruction's
An alternative is to flash your device from storage card
* Rename RUU_Signed.nbh to BLACIMG.NBH (again part of downloaded rom)and copy it to your Storage Card
* Follow the above steps to go in bootloader
* A messages will popup, push power button to start flashing or Volume down to cancel
* After it's done a new message popsup, softreset your device

Fallen Spartan said:
A warning before you flash any rom!
You must flash HardSPL first to be able to flash any rom!
* More info and instruction about HardSPL!
An alternative is USPL, it doesn't change your original SPL!
* More info and instruction about USPL!
There are 2 ways and both are easy and safe
Tips about flashing a rom
* Use fully charged device
* Switch off your device
* Go to bootloader by holding Volume down + Power button at the same time
* Connect your device to your PC
* Start BlackStoneCustomRUU.exe (downloaded rom) and follow the onscreen instruction's
An alternative is to flash your device from storage card
* Rename RUU_Signed.nbh to BLACIMG.NBH (again part of downloaded rom)and copy it to your Storage Card
* Follow the above steps to go in bootloader
* A messages will popup, push power button to start flashing or Volume down to cancel
* After it's done a new message popsup, softreset your device
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... And remember NEVER EVER to interrupt the flashing process as this will BRICK your device!!!

B&B lover said:
... And remember NEVER EVER to interrupt the flashing process as this will BRICK your device!!!
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Good advice, though I have got around this with a lot of sweat and painstaking hard effort!!!
My advice, do as B&B lover says, don't interrupt flashing process once it has begun, i.e. in between 0% - 100% flashing completion

Fallen Spartan said:
Good advice, though I have got around this with a lot of sweat and painstaking hard effort!!!
My advice, do as B&B lover says, don't interrupt flashing process once it has begun, i.e. in between 0% - 100% flashing completion
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Fallen Spartan you did an amazing job... I only felt like adding a minor (but VERY important) detail to your exhaustive tutorial... Glad you approved

B&B lover said:
Fallen Spartan you did an amazing job... I only felt like adding a minor (but VERY important) detail to your exhaustive tutorial... Glad you approved
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Cheers bro.....always nice to know your backs covered. Afterall, this is a community based on sharing knowledge!!

Cheers
Fallen Spartan and B&B many thanks for the help, much appreciated, one last question if i many ?
is a wm6.5 rom worth doing, have heard some say it is not worth the effort, not that good an interface, im sure you have done it! whats your feelings ?
thanks again for putting up with my stupid questions !!!!!

Tutorial for applying rom to pharos

guyz,
plz help me out...
someone please provide me tutorial for applying roms to my pharos,
i m from india can i apply any rom?

i read in this forum
Quote:
My HTC Pharos 3470 is HardSPL now ... w000t !!! %)
Did it from the first time ... thanks to Suracha and the reading of this whole thread ... (my spl was SPL 1.11.0001)
Here are some basic notes for those who are still stuck
1. Set Button 3 (Camera) to <None>.
2. Transfer the extracted files (JumpSPL.exe & Pharos_JumpSPL.nb) to your device and execute.
3. Change 0x00000000 to 0x10000000 as Jump Address.
4. After geting the file list, press Camera first; then press Power. This is little difficult, if you pressed Power too long; you device may be turn off.
5. Tap the Pharos_JumpSPL.nb file, it must be tabbed while Camera & Power button are pressed.
6. After above, you should get grey background screen.
7. On ur pc quickly ( means make usb connection ) double click the ROMUpdateUtility.exe from the HardSPL dirrectory, and follow through the flashing process (what steps in flashing process?)
several question from me.
1) are this steps right?
2) what to do when get Grey background?
3) should i have to remove memory card and sim card?
4) did i have to backup my og rom? but how?
plz correct me >>>

I m also searching for the working tutorial to flash a rom in a safe way and avoid any damage to the phone!So can anybody help me???

Both of you are on the right path. The steps listed are definitely correct. Flash HardSPL files once using the below method first if you are not concerned over the warranty. Then you can flash any ROM you like from the Forum as many times you require. Incidentally the HardSPL for it doesnt seem to be permanent in my Pharos. I was experimenting with some ROM's and then flashed back to Original 6.1 ROM from HTC and voila it was back to original HTC SPL. Now I have to use Suracha's method or HardSPL again to replace the ROM as its back to the restricted SPL.

hey i recently got a htc pharos i wanna put android on this or the manila rom can someone email me links mactvsinist
[email protected]

Original 6.1 ROM from HTC for P 3470
Where can I find the Original 6.1 ROM from HTC for P 3470 and can the radio, ROM & SPL of my WM6 phone be upgraded without Jump/Hard SPL, if I update with this original ROM.The Current specs are:
ROM - 1.11.707.1 (Dt. 29/01/2008)
Radio- 03.15.90
Protocol Version - 4.1.13.59

wayne_rooney said:
i read in this forum
Quote:
My HTC Pharos 3470 is HardSPL now ... w000t !!! %)
Did it from the first time ... thanks to Suracha and the reading of this whole thread ... (my spl was SPL 1.11.0001)
Here are some basic notes for those who are still stuck
1. Set Button 3 (Camera) to <None>.
2. Transfer the extracted files (JumpSPL.exe & Pharos_JumpSPL.nb) to your device and execute.
3. Change 0x00000000 to 0x10000000 as Jump Address.
4. After geting the file list, press Camera first; then press Power. This is little difficult, if you pressed Power too long; you device may be turn off.
5. Tap the Pharos_JumpSPL.nb file, it must be tabbed while Camera & Power button are pressed.
6. After above, you should get grey background screen.
7. On ur pc quickly ( means make usb connection ) double click the ROMUpdateUtility.exe from the HardSPL dirrectory, and follow through the flashing process (what steps in flashing process?)
several question from me.
1) are this steps right?
2) what to do when get Grey background?
3) should i have to remove memory card and sim card?
4) did i have to backup my og rom? but how?
plz correct me >>>
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Thanx its good!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

success
very helpful and straight forward tutorial except i fond it hard to set camera to none since phone was in German but Google translate helped a lot.

How to flash htc diamond 2 ?

Can someone put some instructions how to flash our diamond 2 ?
Please help.

Me too!
I've also been reading through a lot of material from xda but aren't confident enough to jump into messing with my diamond2 just yet.
A tutorial/guide would be a big help if someone has the time.
Cheers

Have finally just gotten around to flashing my Diamond 2 for the first time (used to flash my Orbit all the time). And it really is a piece of cake.
1st..... you MUST flash the HardSPL Unlocker to your phone. You can get it in THIS THREAD. It's at the foot of post #1. Also, READ the first two posts of that thread so that you make no mistakes. But in a nutshell:
Download and unzip the Unlocker file;
Sync your phone to the PC;
Run the HardSPL Unlocker from your PC; (Sync connection may be lost at this point so if your PC says new USB device found, say yes to establishing a new connection)
When the flash is complete, your phone will re-boot;
To confirm you got it installed, go into bootloader mode (tricolour screen!) and verify the screen shows 1.83.OliNex, which is the Hard-SPL version.
With that done, you are now ready to flash the ROM to your phone. Easiest and safest way is Bootloader method which is best described by duttythroy. So download the ROM you want to try, unzip it and if it's not already so named change the name of it to TOPAIMG.NBH. Copy that file to an empty SD and place the card in your phone and follow the instructions below:
duttythroy said:
SAFEST WAY TO FLASH YOUR ROM IS THROUGH STORAGE CARD METHOD:
* Copy TOPAIMG.NBH into the root dir of your Storage Card.
* Be sure to have at least 30% of charge.
* Turn off your device by using the Power Button.
* Go to Boot loader mode. Push and hold Vol. Down + press Power button.
* After that your device with have a white screen with text " Press to power button for continue upgrade or Press Volume down button for cancel upgrade , select press to power button and it will start upgrade Rom.
+ Video : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbRboNeo2XE
- this video made by wadialdoor ( Thanks u so much ! )
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When the flash is complete do a soft reset and away you go!
It really is that simple

2 Questions:
- My htc diamond 2 is a free phone, not a operator phone (locked). I have to apply the HardSPL Unlocker ? What for?
- The bootloader method works on a htc original 6.5 rom ? I have to rename the file rom becasuse this is a .exe file?
orry for this questions but i don´t want make mistakes.
Thanks to all.

Hi again,
Not too sure about a free phone needing HardSPL, try searching that thread for more info.
As for renaming the ROM to TOPAIMG.NBH, that is so the bootloader knows that it is an Image to install. All ROMs (to my knowledge) are .NBH files so an .exe file would be of no use.

Original ReadMe NL and EN
README NL: http://www.4shared.com/file/148320582/a873fccf/README_NL.html
README EN:http://www.4shared.com/file/148321684/fbea80c6/README_EN.html

can i flash it?

hi all
I have a o2 orbit that i cannot get to do a uspl fix, i have tried prof's method and another method, i have also tried it in an xp and vista machine only the get the rom fail (& i have tried different roms too) I have also tried clearing the memory.
i have just found out that my xda will accept other sim cards so i'm guessing that it is only sim u/l & not cid u/l or am i missing something?
any clues would be great, flashing my old xda mini s was never this challenging
IPL 3.04.0001
SPL3.04.0000
GSM 02.67.90
OS 3.4.00

cid unlock is security on the phone stopping you from flashing..
download the cid unlock again and find these two files and install them on your phone.
EnableRapi
Cert_SPCS
if you flashing with ''uspl'' 1.11.0000 you will get to 3% + error on some roms..
but if you update spl with ''USPL CMON'' - you can flash the p3300 rom, no matter the size.. 1.11.cmon (recomended)

thanks for the reply.
the problem i have is that the dos window gets to 70% & then active sync disconnects. i am putting the cert spcs & enale rapi files in the device folder & have tried opening them 1st & leaving them alone. am i putting them in th right place? or am i missing a step here? should i be in boot mode for this, o got the impression not from the manual
thanks

ok, getting closer, disable my av & firewall. got to the stage where it tried to load the cmon rom, it flew to 100% & then said it was a corrupt file?? any ideas anyone

...
just DONT try to install any rom untill you flash ''uspl cmon''!
you might brick the O2xdaOrbit/p3300!!
sorry i was brief before..ill help you out with some cool .cabs when you have uspl cmon and new WMrom flashed.
just repeat the steps untill it works.
* uninstall activesync and reinstall it..
* hard reset the device..
*** put the two cab files on your device again an run them.
- i did this and then it worked for me.
* get activesync connection
* run dos window
*** think i did soft reset after 100% to get activesync connection.
- only when the uspl cmon rom update utility window opened on pc..
- not sure..
* uspl cmon rom update utility.
***ONLY after doing uspl is it safe to flash a rom.
- '' (& i have tried different roms too) '' - dont!lol
* if you have an SD card in the device, take it out..
just keep trying, take sim out too if you want..
it might just decide to work.lol
when you have done uspl on your device startup you will see..
SPL: 1.11.cmon
* its done.
* only when you have that SPL on your device startup i suggest you download the rom im using.. its like the one your using atm but faster and looks cool, all links ive mentioned below...
no_nonsense_v6 ROM WM6.1 WWE:
http://rapidshare.com/files/247470598/no_nonsense_6.rar
***rapidshare might not work, so if you cant get it get this:
Babbelut ROM WM6.5 WWE:
http://www.sendspace.com/file/97d3p7
(for me though, my contacts dont load from sim with this 6.5rom)
HARD RESET:
hold button above ''windows'' and button above ''ok'' then push side button with stylus.
USPL CMON:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=41246&d=1181558635
MICROSOFT ACTIVESYNC:
www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/en-us/downloads/microsoft/activesync-download.mspx
message me if you get stuck..

gsxf711 said:
ok, getting closer, disable my av & firewall. got to the stage where it tried to load the cmon rom, it flew to 100% & then said it was a corrupt file?? any ideas anyone
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he flashed uspl cmon..

thanks for taking the time to write such a detailed method, i appreciate it. sorry i should have been clearer, it was the uspl cmon rom update utility that was coming up as corrupt, not a full rom
Just one question though, does it matter where i put the 2 cab files & should i open them or will flashing ''uspl cmon'' open them itself? (lol, that might have been two questions)
still, i will try this later once i have kicked my daughter off the laptop.
raving_nanza said:
just DONT try to install any rom untill you flash ''uspl cmon''!
you might brick the O2xdaOrbit/p3300!!
sorry i was brief before..ill help you out with some cool .cabs when you have uspl cmon and new WMrom flashed.
just repeat the steps untill it works.
* uninstall activesync and reinstall it..
* hard reset the device..
*** put the two cab files on your device again an run them.
- i did this and then it worked for me.
* get activesync connection
* run dos window
*** think i did soft reset after 100% to get activesync connection.
- only when the uspl cmon rom update utility window opened on pc..
- not sure..
* uspl cmon rom update utility.
***ONLY after doing uspl is it safe to flash a rom.
- '' (& i have tried different roms too) '' - dont!lol
* if you have an SD card in the device, take it out..
just keep trying, take sim out too if you want..
it might just decide to work.lol
when you have done uspl on your device startup you will see..
SPL: 1.11.cmon
* its done.
* only when you have that SPL on your device startup i suggest you download the rom im using.. its like the one your using atm but faster and looks cool, all links ive mentioned below...
no_nonsense_v6 ROM WM6.1 WWE:
http://rapidshare.com/files/247470598/no_nonsense_6.rar
***rapidshare might not work, so if you cant get it get this:
Babbelut ROM WM6.5 WWE:
http://www.sendspace.com/file/97d3p7
(for me though, my contacts dont load from sim with this 6.5rom)
HARD RESET:
hold button above ''windows'' and button above ''ok'' then push side button with stylus.
USPL CMON:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=41246&d=1181558635
MICROSOFT ACTIVESYNC:
www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/en-us/downloads/microsoft/activesync-download.mspx
message me if you get stuck..
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btw as far as i know, CID unlocking is not a security to prevent you from flashing another rom on your mobile phone..
CID unlock is to make your phone sim-free.. to put any sim in your phone..

can i use stock rom from US t-mobile on EU leo?

Can i use stock rom 2.10 on my leo from uk?
if yes, where i can find it?
if not, briefly why...?
thanx.
i found that but it's freezing when i want to flash it...

You will need to use either hspl or sspl.
Originally Posted by Laurentius26
I see more threads and problems popping up according to people who flashed T-Mob 2.07.
A friendly warning I like to give just to help people.
1) Please don't flash this rom from storage card as it replaces your SPL and incase something happens it's very hard to fix!
2) Best way to flash a rom like this.
* Create a folder on you desktop and place shipped.exe in it.
* Now extract shipped.exe by right klicking it and choose ' extract here'
* Now remove all the files exept Ruu_signed.nbh
* Next take Custom Ruu which you can find in the stickies of this forum
* Now you can flash the rom using Custom ruu, it's the safest way.
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and whatever you do dont flash it from sd card, you will get your spl stuck at 2.0.

i forgot to say, that i'm using only gold card nothing else

well there are threads that show that even goldcard cant downgrade spl 2, so be careful, , take a look at the 'this and this and..' links in my sig

hmmm, id say not to risk it then...wait and see what someone else says though
EDIT: ^ there's someone else!