I did take the time to search and found nothing.
QUESTION: If I hard SPL my russian Herald will I be able to flash English roms and turn the language to english?
I have upgraded the russian software to 4.xxxxx
I keep getting vendor ID errors on anything US that I try to update. So i was hoping that this would be a work around for that.
Any Info would be helpful
Thanks in advance
What is your SPL? Is the SPL greater than 4.00? As long as it is, it should be fine.
Then you should be able to follow the same HardSPL instructions the Herald and Wings do, here: http://thewingster.com/Documents/How to HardSPL (Wing-Herald).pdf
I don't see why your region would make a difference...but I have no experience, it's just my guess.
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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.
I have t-mobile wing, I want upgrade to russian non-oficial wm6. I installed Hard spl. But I can not install Russian WM6 (Error 244 INVALID MODEL ID). How to me to install Russian WM6?
Please help me!
Error 244 INVALID MODEL ID. How i can change Model iD or install system with skip of test of the model, vendor, itc.
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First of all, if no one has answered, it's because either no one was online, or the people who were, did not know the answer to your question.
If you intalled HardSPL, you should be able to install whatever rom you want on your device, so I don't understand why you're having that problem.
You can try using USPL, in order to bypass the CID lock.
What number was your SPL before you installed? If it was 1. something, then you bricked your device. If it was 4.x then you're probably trying to install an official RUU into the HardSPL device. HardSPL looks for HERA**** and most official RUU's will be something like HERA100. If it's a Herald RUU, please link it here.
We should report the SPL 1xx problem to whoever made the USPL (POF I think) and see what he has to say about it... maybe he can solve the problem.
I just bought a 7500 with an Italian ROM
version rom 2.21.408.1
radio 1.50
But don't speak Italian !
(I know what you are going to ask...)
before I try my luck with vanilla's etc.. wer can I find a normal simple Rom
The HTC site where I registered give me only Italian version
Could someone that do not like Pizza help me ?
feferosenbaum said:
I just bought a 7500 with an Italian ROM
version rom 2.21.408.1
radio 1.50
But don't speak Italian !
(I know what you are going to ask...)
before I try my luck with vanilla's etc.. wer can I find a normal simple Rom
The HTC site where I registered give me only Italian version
Could someone that do not like Pizza help me ?
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Unlock it to SPL 1.2, then try out any of the WM6 WWE stock ROM. Think carefully and beware of the consequence of unlocking to spl3.5, cause it is a way of no return, at least for now and may be a long long time to come.
feferosenbaum said:
I just bought a 7500 with an Italian ROM
version rom 2.21.408.1
radio 1.50
But don't speak Italian !
(I know what you are going to ask...)
before I try my luck with vanilla's etc.. wer can I find a normal simple Rom
The HTC site where I registered give me only Italian version
Could someone that do not like Pizza help me ?
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I love Pizza but I know, Pizza is the end of a looong trail, and you are just in the middle of the beginning ,
If you want to change language or vendor ID, or just to flash ANY rom you like (even an ORIGINAL HTC Sauerkraut version ), do you need to change the SPL. In this way your device will became SUPERCID (or just the flashing process jumps over the CID info).
Your ATHENA has ITALIAN LANGUAGE hard coded into the SPL and you can't change it without affecting the SPL (Language id and Vendor id are the CID and SUPERCID means... joker)
Use ATHENA WRAPPER, from OLIPRO (donate if you like) from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=316846.
ATHENA UNLOCKER is just for SIM unlocking too
After this stage you will have a new SPL called HARDSPL (because it is hard coded, is IN the ROM), and the flashing process will be free for all ROMs. Your SPL will be 1.2
Original ATHENA ROM is a WM5 rom, the UPDATE is a WM6
From HERE http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=397518 you will find the newest ROM, the German listed is WM6.0 , the other are WM6.1 (no official WM6.1 for athena).
If you choose from that list the AP4 your device will have a newly partioned ROM, called SPL 3.5 and in the next future you can't use neither original HTC ROMs nor cooked 1.2 SPL ROMs. The only advantage in SPL 3.5 is the capability to use AP4 and AP5 (it needs more ROM space)
Happy flashing
Thanks a lot,I did it and it works perfectly now,i love this forum
Yesterday when I bougth the machine,I didn't check nothing about getting a new rom because I knew the forum for quite a long time
Thanks again
hello,
I have a touch cruise rom 09 iolite with French rom 1.09.406.4 (40104) and radio 0.41.30.12...
I want to install Italy rom 1.09.408.3 and radio 0.41.30.12, but I could not find the hard spl for this model, according to you is possible or not ?
or is dangerous do this ?
thnak you very much four your answers
mauchit
You might be able to use the Gold Card method if the ROM doesn't have Region ID protection. I think there is a bit of info in this thread by cmonex. It's not the easiest process, so it maybe easier to wait for Hard SPL.
Dave
your informatione was useful for me,
thank you Dave
Mauro
Hello,
I bought a VPA Compact IV (Herald) from ebay and I am very interested in upgrading to Windows Mobile 6.1/ 6.5. (I have little experience with flashing the HTC Elfin and the HTC Nike. I don't like WM5 and want using Manila 2D!
1. My first problem is, that my device (Herald/ Vodafone) got a simlock. So, I read on a wiki, that I can unlock it with paying 15-20 € on the internet. Which site can I trust?
2. Next, before flashing, most devices must CID unlocked. I haven't found a CID unlocker anywhere?!
3. I read some posts, that flashing the Herald is more dangerous than flashing the Elf(in)/ Nike. Could you confirm that? In that case, what could I do?
4. Is there a good tutorial (step by step), which begin from an sim- and CID-locked device and explains the whole flashing process on Herald?
I would be grateful, If you could answer some of my questions!
As you know, I don't want to brick it!
PS: Sorry for my bad English
Thanks in advance!
Hello. I will try to help you out on this, but please note that all non-development threads should be kept in the Herald or Herald 6 forum and not in the Herald Development forum.
Note: If it has WM5, it probably has the older 1.X SPL/IPL. DO NOT HARDSPL the phone. That said, there are already many threads describing what you need to do.
1. I've never tried unlocking the SIM, sorry.
2. HardSPL is the "CID unlocker" for the Herald. It is not compatible with the older SPL. You will have to either upgrade your SPL through an official ROM FIRST (to get SPL 4.0 or higher) or create and use a GoldCard instead.
3. Flashing the SPL the first time is dangerous ONLY if you don't follow the directions about the SPL version. (Most people don't... which is why it's dangerous, but realistically, it's the safest to flash phone that I have ever owned.) After the HardSPL is in place, it is 100% safe.
4. There are many walkthroughs. You'll have to search for them (actually, read the stickies, they have done the searching for you already.) There is no SIM unlocking walkthrough since there is no SIM unlocking tool. The flashing process has been explained maybe about 800 times. You'll find MANY walkthroughs.
Thank you very much!
Is there any official Vodafone rom with this SPL?
What can you say about unlocking the phone on the internet?
square2k4 said:
Thank you very much!
Is there any official Vodafone rom with this SPL?
What can you say about unlocking the phone on the internet?
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I don't know. Not many Herald owners here have the Vodafone. You'll have to do some searching.
As far as unlocking the SIM, most Herald users don't bother unlocking it, so I don't know, either.
Go to the Vodafone Support Homepage... of your Country there you can find still the rom Update...HTC removed it from their page