Hello. I've finnaly bought an HTC magic , and happens that i've bought from Vodafone. I'm interested in knowing how may i make the update on the HTC website since it always tells me that the serial is not valid. Also i'm interested on to root the device, but i would like to know the advantages and disavantages.
I already know how to root, by the gold card method, i've got already everything prepared. I just liked to know the advantages.
I'm very interested on android 2.1. I know there'll be an update to that version. But i would like to know if there is a way of updating it from HTC vodafone edition .
I've already read alot, and sorry if i prefer to ask, seems easier but i'm kind of lost. Thank you everyone for the help!!
Regards
I like rooting cause you get to theme, I love theming it for fun. Also get to do things that other phones can't do, um you can use a way better rom than the one you have. My Stock Rom was horrible. If I played a game, my battery would be gone in no time. Other Roms here help out with problems like that and you can go from 1.5 to 2.1 which is nice. I also love things people give out here, for example: I recently tried out a keyboard app which had almost every feature and I could basically customize it to my liking. You just have to root, and use your phone and learn it to really enjoy what it is. I have yet to make a rom! Just don't be like the ppl who come here, beg and ask how to root the damn phone, and just install a rom. That's no fun lol.
I also wouldn't upgrade from Vodafone or any carrier. Here where I am, Rogers totally locked ours out. You may end up with a locked SPL or soemthing, you can most likely get the same thing here or better thanks to the devs.
i've heard that we would also get banned from the android market. is it true? why does this happen? and how that happens exacly? Thanks!
banned for using a different rom? Where in the world did you hear that i'd like to know lol. Mabye if you tried to get apps for free instead of pay for them or some kind of hack oh I don't know! maybe you'll get banned but I've never heard of getting banned for using a diff rom
hmm it was someone here wich told me that. Well if is that safe i'll root it today
i went all over again, according to all tutorials, perfect SPL must use the gold card method. So i used the gold card method (again and i started the making of gold card all over again)!
i putted the sappimg.zip in the gold card.
I restart in Hboot mode, he finds the sappimg.zip and a blue bar appers as loading onthe right.
After is checking the img gives an error saying, Update Failed! Main version is older Failed updated.
Do you know whats this about? Thank you!
sharing with anyone wich might need:
http://www.androidpt.info/index.php...fectSPL#Necess.C3.A1rio_para_fazer_o_processo
Thanks Again everyone! Mission accomplished
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I just bought a T-Mobile XDA to be used outside the US, but I need to unlock it, after I downloaded the XDA-unlock and run it on the XDA, marks an error "unable to get unlocking code", I read many things on the forum, so I know that I have to upgrade my rom from version 3.14.40 ENG to a new one.
I do not have a Serial cable.
Please help me with this matter. Thank you
After readin carefully the instructions, I did succesfully unlocked my device.
Thank you very much
You Go Boy, good job! 8)
BTW what were your hang ups?
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You Go Boy, good job! 8)
BTW what were your hang ups?
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The thing was that my rom version was 3.14 ENG (Original from T-Mobile), after I got the ROM upgrade, it did not work correctly because I was runing it from the zip file. Then, I realized that puting toghether all the files in one place might work, I extract the files to one folder and worked in the second try, because I needed to select the version (A or B) of my original ROM.
I want to say that I´m not a computer genius, I also know how to use them properly, not programming, but in my company I have 10 people that now how to (I Develop software for companies here), but I know PDA´S better than them, so reading carefully and oing things calmly worked perfect for me.
Thank you for your concern about me.
Now I´m very happy with the Pocket PC Working.
I´m from Mexico, and here are not yet available, so I need one for my work and Palm OS is not good enough to me. I have good relations with a Cellular company here, but they a re going to release them in May next year, to late for my projects and displays
hi
I doo have the same problem
can u tell me what instructions do you follow
or where are the instructions
has anyone managed to update their phones rom ? i'm getting really pissed off i hate vodafone
You can use a goldcard to perform the update, however i'm not certain what this would do to any VF warrenty - as long as you use "Official" ROMS from the HTC site i would believe it would be covered under manufacturers warrenty, I would still double check on this though.
You will probably find VF will not be in a rush to release this as the product is not pretty much dropped.
You've got two options:
1) Use the Goldcard method to install any other official (non-branded) HTC ROMs
2) Wait for HardSPL - then install whatever the hell you want
Option 1 is available to do now - so if you're that desperate, i'd go for that!
ok thanks, think i'll give gold card method a miss looks too complex for me.
pardon myh ignorance but wha
t is hardspl?
hammers4life said:
ok thanks, think i'll give gold card method a miss looks too complex for me.
pardon myh ignorance but wha
t is hardspl?
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Goldcard method is very easy to do mate. Just follow the tutorial on using it in the ROM development forum.
I used QMAT to write the goldcard.img to my storage card, and it worked a treat. I also have a Vodafone HD2, and now it's running the 1.48 ROM ^^
Hi All,
After spending a large amount of time trying to find a solution for the SPL 1.24 to hack. Mainly the Telstra Australia WM6.5 Upgrade. Combining the many efforts of XDA Members I finally got a proper working hack going. I thought I'd post it straight away for the rest of the world to see.
First what you need to do is download the WM6.5 Upgrade from the HTC Website. When you open this you need to go to Start - Run - Type %TEMP% Find the location where the extractor has dumped the files and rename RUU_Signed.nbh to MAPLIMG.nbh. Copy this to the root of the SD Card. Reset your phone into Bootloader and let the flash start. It will fail at 10% than reset itself and install it properly.
From here you need to download a cab clearsecurity.cab which is suppose to be for the Samsung Blackjack 2 but it enables the HTC Snap to be hacked.
From there download the desired Custom Rom and run 1.19 auto.bat and watch the screen go black and the custom rom install.
Any Success???
Hi, can anyone let me know if they have had the same success???
Hi Roger,
Thanks for the post as it worked a treat for me, I was able to flash the HTC Snap after following the above steps. One thing I didn't do is backup the Telstra spl 1.24, Do you know where I can get a copy from?
Once again thanks for the post.
Mr.D
THis looks great. I'd love to try this now, but before I do, I'm hoping you might be able to answer a question of mine, to ease my mind:
If you need to reinstall the original Rom and SPL 1.24, is there any way the the Telecom company can see that the phone's firmware has been previously changed?
Thanks.
Flashing back to Telstra 6.5 Rom
Hey guys, I believe you can just download the latest 6.5 Telstra Rom for the snap from the HTC website. I havern't tried it since I have hacked the phone and the only reason why you would obviously do it is for warranty. Actually I also found out that you can get WM 6.1 rom but you need to contact HTC and you can upload it from there FTP. Sorry I can't provide any more assitance maybe when my phone breaks and I need to flash it back I will post up what I have done.
Hi Roger
Thanks for the reply. This is what's stopping me from trying to flash the ROM. Knowing whether I can restore it back to it's original condition without the telecom company knowing it's been flashed. The phone is only new and if it does develop a hardware problem and I had to send it back, I'm sure they won't fix it under the warranty if they can see that it's been flashed.
If as you suggest, it's just a matter of re-flashing it with the original rom, then that's fantastic. But, I'd really like some firm confirmation before going ahead.
The ROM developed by ookba looks AMAZING and I can't wait to try it.
Thanks.
Flashing Advice
Hi Badcam,
I have owned many HTC phones and I have to say the Snap is probably the most durable out of them all. I find with the Snap and the newer models of the HTC phones from australian carriers they really lock them down and you don't get the full functions as what you pay for. Worst of all they infest the phone with all these carrier features that are not needed.
It is really your choice flashing your phone. Every single phone I have had I have flashed and never had problems only when I drop them lol. For warranty purposes you can always flash back to orginal rom and just tell them thats how you got it. They really can't say much. But I did abit of reading and when you do upgrade the rom from HTC website it does install SPL 1.24 back meaning if you want to flash it back you need to go through the hack again.
Hope this has been helpful.
You said it Roger.
There's so much Telecom rubbish on this phone, it's not funny.
Well, I'll give it a go this weekend. If you're happy it's going to work, I am too. Thanks very much for your advice.
Hey do you guys know how much (in USD) a Telstra SNAP is out there if you buy it outright? Can can anyone ship me one to the States?
What about a TelecomNZ one?
http://store.telecom.co.nz/mobile/pay-monthly/htc-s523
NZ$499.00 is around US$361
http://www.xe.com/ucc/convert.cgi?Amount=499.00&From=NZD&To=USD&x=16&y=17
I'd be happy to sort something out for you. PM me if you'd like.
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Badcam said:
What about a TelecomNZ one?
http://store.telecom.co.nz/mobile/pay-monthly/htc-s523
NZ$499.00 is around US$361
http://www.xe.com/ucc/convert.cgi?Amount=499.00&From=NZD&To=USD&x=16&y=17
I'd be happy to sort something out for you. PM me if you'd like.
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Thanks but that's kinda rough. I get the MAPL100 (Dash 3G) here for $100. Looking to get a SNAP S523 for around that, even used. Let me know if you run across one. Thanks!
It's atrocious. Believe it or not, that's a good price. It's just come down NZ$200. Of course, I had to buy my two days before the reduced it.
I'll keep an eye out.
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Hi, can anyone let me know if they have had the same success???
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Hi, can anyone tell me how to get the device into bootloader mode? i have followed the steps, but getting it into bootloader mode and then letting it hardspl from the sd is not happening :-( THANKS!!!
Can't find clearsecurity.cab. Can anyone tell me where to find it?
Attempt to answer questions lol
Benzin,
Type in google "clearsecurity.cab download" and find the mediafire link
If you have problems please let me know. Maybe XDA-Developers already have it posted.
wcampagne,
So you are getting into bootloader right, its just not picking up the MAPLIMG.nbh file. You have renamed RUU_Signed.nbh to MAPLIMG.nbh. Also a train of through if you have tried applying previous Roms before hand I suggest you go to %TEMP% file and remove anything that is there that has reference to RUU_Signed or the rom at all. You are probably uploading the wrong file as it might be cached. As I said its just a train of thought. If you have any more problems please feel free to post up and I will figure out a fix for you.
Ookba,
Ebay is your best bet. I got my handset for $150 AUD brand new on bid.
Works great for me and I thank you so much!
Hello,
I just got myself a new Desire HD from eBay to replace my HD2. Unfortunatly when I got it it was branded to t-mobile even though auction said it was new, sealde and unlocked.
I have managed to permroot it. What do I need to do now? I tried to run the HTC latest firmwas for this device and comes up with error131 wrong customer ID.
My knoledge is very basic about this so any help would be grateful.
Thanks
Robert
If the phone wasn't as described then return it. Was it sealed in its box?
Can you make & receive calls?
If your trying to flash a Stock HTC ROM over a T-Mobile branded/locked DHD you will get an error.
Hi thanks for reply.
Yeah the phone did not say in auction that it wasbranded just unlocked and sealed. When I got it I could see that it had been opened as the tape that was used to seal the box wasn't sticky anymore and it had been inserted the wrong way round. It has obviously been opened to unlock it.
As the phone is unlocked I thought I thought I would be able to flash any stock rom onto it that is avaliable. I really don't want t-mobile logos on startup and there apps when I have a vodaphone sim.
Thanks again.
If you want a generic HTC ROM you will need to root & S-OFF your DHD. Guides are available in the Dev section.
If you need any help just let us know. There are quite a few friendly people round here.
Hay thanks for the reply !!
I managed to do the permroot thing. I was reading up on anything I had to do else. Which guide would you recomend to do the S-Off? Can I just run the HTC.exe rom then to install it?
I was also reading up on something called supercid do I need to do this as well?
Thanks so much!! It saves me loads of hassle trying to return it. That and am phoneless without it at the moment lol
Robert
Hello
Would just like to say thanks I managed to get the stock HTC rom on the DHD thanks too the help on here.
Was just curious do I need to reactivate the S-OFF to go back to S-On i presume? If I did that would I still be able to install new stock roms when they come out now there is a stock rom on phone?
Thanks so much again. This phone is great Android is so much better supported that Windows Mobile!
Robert
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Would just like to say thanks I managed to get the stock HTC rom on the DHD thanks too the help on here.
Robert
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No problem at all.
If you flashed the Stock HTC ROM from the RUU, then it will have Security On (S-ON) If you want to flash a custom ROM, then you will need to go through the whole procedure again, but flash a custom recovery (Clockwork Mod), to make the the whole process safer and easier.
I just got a used HTC Universal. It had a generic WM5 install on it. I came here, looking for a WM6.x ROM. A couple years ago, I had great success doing this with an HTC Wizard (which I still have) -- I know how to flash a ROM. However, with the Universal, I am not having any luck.
The device comes up in bootloader mode just fine. But no ROM I have tried, ever boots up. I have tried the MTTY DOC format, I have tried using MaUpgradeUT, I have tried using the ROMUpgradeUT.exe that comes with the ROM's... nothing seems to work. If I understand the various posts here -- the device is acting like the Carrier ID is still set, and no ROM will work until I clear the CID and/or find a ROM that matches the CID. But, I thought that the MAUpgradeUT was supposed to clear out the CID? Is there another utlity for that?
I have spent basically 8 hours today, trying to get this to work... I am willing to ship this to someone in the US and pay $$$ to get it working again. It's a nice device (looks brand new) and I really want to use it. It was working just fine on WM5, until I got the bright idea to re-flash it.
Can anyone help?
hi again... found a copy of TML v8[1].7.1 21028 regular 64MB and IT WORKED!. My phone is no longer stuck in bootloader limbo.
however, this ROM seems to be hard-wired to look for a TMobile network? I have an AT&T GSM SIM... my phone isn't connecting to my provider, at the moment.
THanks to all for past and future help.
--- KSandbergFL
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