HTC is releasing new ROM in websites.
Portugal:
http://www.htc.com/pt/SupportViewNews.aspx?dl_id=727&news_id=309
Austria:
http://www.htc.com/europe/SupportDownload.aspx?p_id=267&cat=2&dl_id=726
More?
I believe it is Donut/1.6. I will try it now.
No. It is 1.5 with Language Support.
Not as good as 1.6, but not bad. Now i have Portuguese Dictionary in input!
Risks with rooted 32A Magics that are rooted with Engineering SPLs
What will this do to my rooted 32A if I apply the official ROM? It took me a long time to get rid of the Airtel perfected SPL and I don't want to go back to a SPL which is perfected just to gain an official ROM from HTC. Basically... Does applying this ROM cause changes to the phone that mean that custom ROMs could not be applied without doing the whole Goldcard thing again? I had issues with the Goldcard creation and finding an SD card which would work.
The official ROM sounds nice. Just don't know if I want to sacrifice the other things the custom cooked ROMs give me.
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Hello, fellow XDA people!
I have a 32B Magic, MyTouch 3G with "Radio-2.22.19.261" och SPL "HBOOT-1.33.2004 (SAPP30000)". I have RA-dream-v1.4.0 as Recovery Image.
Of course I wanted the latest things in the business, i.e radio and SPL.
I am running a Hero ROM at the moment and are thinking about flashing my phone with Eugenes latest android 2.1 Hero ROM.
My question is: which radio and SPL should I flash? I don't want to pick the wrong one and brick my phone, so I am asking you guys.
You dont need to flash either, the radio and spl you have on your phone are
fine, the only time you need to flash you readio is if you want fully functional
bluetooth when using a hero image.
Upgrading either will not give you a performance increase, it is not like the
windows mobile scene where there are loads of different radios and some
work better than others.
I think that the radio you have is the only one available for 32B devices at
the moment, i wouldnt recomend flashing a radio or spl from a 32A device
to your phone as you could brick your device.
justbenjp said:
You dont need to flash either, the radio and spl you have on your phone are
fine, the only time you need to flash you readio is if you want fully functional
bluetooth when using a hero image.
Upgrading either will not give you a performance increase, it is not like the
windows mobile scene where there are loads of different radios and some
work better than others.
I think that the radio you have is the only one available for 32B devices at
the moment, i wouldnt recomend flashing a radio or spl from a 32A device
to your phone as you could brick your device.
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Thank you for an excellent answer, really appricate it!
One ROM that looks abit interesting says you need "Haykuro Death SPL" flashed to your device - is it only for Dream, or do I have to flash it to my 32B Magic?
It is only for Dream/G1
justbenjp said:
It is only for Dream/G1
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Thank you! I owe you one.
I have a UK Vodafone Magic running the vodafone 1.6 ROM. I have given Cyanogen a try so can flash an image, but would like to have a look at AOSP 2.4 or Manup 456's 2.1 ROMs.
I am a little confused as to the procedure though... do I need to flash a new SPL (I didnt when I tried cyanogen), and if so will one SPL work with either image?
I have a NAND backup of my stock image, so can get back to that if something goes wrong, and I am using the standard SPL with fastboot bootloader.
Thanks
bob808
1.33.2010 vs 1.76.2007
3.22.20.17 vs 6.35.x.x
Ok, so what is the difference, other than they are required for certain ROMs?
What phones actually came with these 'new' versions; I have a new device, wouldn't it make sense that it had the new radio, it didn't?
Why would I want to upgrade and are there incompatibilities with providers (mine is 850/1900 freq)
Didn't see this described anywhere or in the wiki.
I'd be glad to tack it in for others information if we get some good information...
Thx!
Correct me if I am wrong. I believe the new SPL and Radio came into being when the new 1.5 Rom with Sense was released for the 32A Rogers phones. It does not use the "normal" 32A recovery but a version of the Hero recovery.
Will newer official Roms use this SPL and Radio combination? I have a sneaky feeling that it will be used again when the Rogers phones are upgraded to 2.1.
In the meantime, some chefs of the custom 32A Roms have decided to create a version of their Roms using these newer SPL and Radio. Some have not (it seems Amon RA won't for his Donut Rom). Hence, if you want to switch Roms you may have to follow CurseDroid's instructions to change SPL, Radio, and recovery.
Note: Some Rogers users believe that it is the new Radio that tells Rogers whether they have updated their phone to fix the E911 bug.
Hmmmm, I have a new Rogers Magic and it didn't come with the sense UI.
I also thought the Rogers update (maybe it was the OTA one) was still the old SPL, although a perfected version.
I also read a comment that said something to the likes of:
The new radio and SPL makes the 32A a Hero (or like)...
Does that mean it can run a Hero ROM?
Any clarification would be appreciated, will add all this to a summary...
Radio comparison
Hmmm are there any speed improvements or differences and reception differences between the 6.35x and 3.22x radios? If no, then what are the differences?
Will someone plz respond to this thread?!??
My phone came with new radio and spl when I bought it.
I switched to the old one to use Yoshi rom some time ago but now I'm back to the new one.
I didn't notice any difference between old and new in the phone speed or battery life, but the reception seems a little better on the new one.
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Ever since the phone was new, no one can give an answere for what radio is better.
The only thing I have ever had is slightly better reception.
I rooted. My phone Mar 2010. The main reason people went to the old radio is because. Back then it had a more stable kernal / camera / wifi / Bluetooth. And more rom's were being cooked for it
Now if you have a 32a it does not really matter
svpb.ca
There are more custom rom for the new radio.
ad86 said:
There are more custom rom for the new radio.
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I am not sure about that - I am aware of CM7, DietGB and Ginger Yoshi. But they all use the same kernels by carz12
Hello People,
I'm wondering which is the best and most stable ROM for the HTC HD2. I've got one but I had problems with the Phone, reception would go bad sometimes, after it came back from Warranty from Hong Kong they put another ROM on where the phone problem is fixed, but it's unstable, freezes to a "HTC" Screen with green letters, after this requires a battery out and battery back in.
Anyway just looking for a ROM with Performance, Functionality and Stability in mind. What is the "Latest and Greatest" that you guys are using? I know opinions differ but hopefully I can get a general consensus.
Thanks Guys.
The "best ROM" discussion rarely brings a consensus... because the "best ROM" will always be the one you personally like best.
Imho, it is worth to try a few ones; since the flashing process is really fast with your HD2, everything is done quickly.
Almost all opinions about speed, stability, cooked-in apps etc. can always be read in each ROM thread - you don´t have to read everything, concentrate on the last couple of pages - and of course the first postings to see the design etc., the description of the chef him/herself.
Last, but not least, I believe almost nobody would claim official stock ROMs would be best... too much bloatware, odd versions, whatever. Most of that strange stuff is ironed out by the custom ROM chefs.
Thanks for the Reply,
I have been reading on how to Upgrade the SPL to 4.2, since I need it in order to Install Hard SPL, There is a certain file that I need to put on my Storage card but I can't find it, I thought there would be a link to it on the ROM Flashing Guide Stickies?
Thanks.
Well, it depends a bit from where you start.
When your current SPL version is below 3.03, no need to put anything onto your SD card, just flash HSPL with HSPL2.exe or HSPL3.exe - and go directly for 2.08.HSPL.
When your current SPL version is actually 3.03, you need to put a stock ROM image, which is very specific to your device, onto the SD card, and downgrade the SPL this way in a first step. Since this is really specific, there cannot be a generic link - except this one here (scroll down to "ROM sources"), where you´ll find links to many stock ROMs.
In the very same thread, you´ll find tutorials how to flash via SD card (eg. including how to extract a ROM image in order to put it onto your SD card).
Thanks,
Oh I thought it HAS to be 1.42 SPL in order for hard SPL install to work, that's what the Guide says. So is the real advice anything Below 3.03?
I'm downloading a old ROM for the HD2 from 2009, hopefully that will have a old SPL, but will it let me install it on my HD2, I recall the Installer on stock ROMS only allowing them to be installed on the HTC from the certain region e.g Hong Kong roms only work on Hong Kong HD2's, in that case finding a stock rom will be hard. Or is that not true?
Thanks.
kidcash said:
Thanks,
Oh I thought it HAS to be 1.42 SPL in order for hard SPL install to work, that's what the Guide says. So is the real advice anything Below 3.03?
I'm downloading a old ROM for the HD2 from 2009, hopefully that will have a old SPL, but will it let me install it on my HD2, I recall the Installer on stock ROMS only allowing them to be installed on the HTC from the certain region e.g Hong Kong roms only work on Hong Kong HD2's, in that case finding a stock rom will be hard. Or is that not true?
Thanks.
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In fact, to run custom ROMs, Android NAND ROMs or WP7 on an HD2, HSPL 2.08 is mandatory at this time. All devices with SPL 1.xx and 2.xx can more or less easily be flashed to HSPL 2.08.
Because there is no HSPL for SPL 3.03 yet, you have to make that downgrade first to 1.xx, after this, it´s easy to go to 2.08.HSPL.
As long as your device is unbranded (eg. not from an operator), it´s quite simple to find which region stock ROM is for you: Check the download options at htc.com support by entering the serial number of your HD2.
Hi guys, i seem to have missed out my unlocking my DHD after eng s-offing and flashing custom radio and ROM.
Cant remember exactly the process i followed but i wanna upgrade to LeeDrOiD's GB ROM tomorrow and want to make sure i can use other sims after that. Is there now a one stop tool that will just give me SimUnlock? Im tied to TMob UK at this stage.
Best Regards
Go to 1.32.405.6, use nand backup if you have one, or use Raidroid ROM, search for it. Then use my radio s-off tool to do SimUnlock. You also have to go back to the older radio for the tool to work.
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