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How do I get SPL-2.00 off my phone?

I think I made a grave error and updated to the TMO USA 2.02 ROM not knowing it would be watermarked all over the place. So now I'm trying to revert back to HSPL and am having no luck whatsoever. I've read and read and read but can find no clear cut path to downgrade the SPL. I really just want to get back to the WWE 1.66 official release I was running.
Can anybody please help? I've tried flashing all kinds of different ROMS including official roms but nothing works. Even from the memory card is of no help.
I hear gold card mentioned but I have no idea what that is and Google gives billions of results for gold card, nothing that explained it to me. I have to buy a gold card?
Can somebody please help?
Either downgrade my SPL or instruct me on ridding my 2.02 of these water marks. HTC Confidential is printed in the middle.
Thanks.

balane said:
I think I made a grave error and updated to the TMO USA 2.02 ROM not knowing it would be watermarked all over the place. So now I'm trying to revert back to HSPL and am having no luck whatsoever. I've read and read and read but can find no clear cut path to downgrade the SPL. I really just want to get back to the WWE 1.66 official release I was running.
Can anybody please help? I've tried flashing all kinds of different ROMS including official roms but nothing works. Even from the memory card is of no help.
I hear gold card mentioned but I have no idea what that is and Google gives billions of results for gold card, nothing that explained it to me. I have to buy a gold card?
Can somebody please help?
Either downgrade my SPL or instruct me on ridding my 2.02 of these water marks. HTC Confidential is printed in the middle.
Thanks.
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if you flash a stock 166 rom then you don't need goldcard.. especially with the 200spl in place.
flashing via ssdcard or using just running the full exe from windows should install the 166 complete including the 142 spl.
I know as I've done it a few times over the last couple of days.
the watermarking is nothing to do with the spl btw.. it's the ddi.dll that's the cause.
next time read a bit more before you go around flashing everything, it will save you some heartache, as the 202 rom has been discussed in some detail adn isn't suitable for noobs to use, as you've found out. .

Thanks. I did try flashing down to the official 1.66 rom WWE and neither the exe from the PC nor the leoimg.nbh worked.
Using the SD card method it flashes gray for a second with some red number up top and then returns to the rainbow bootloader screen and sits.
Using the PC method it boots the phone, gets to 1% of the flash, returns some error about communication and goes back into the 2.02
Honestly, if there were a way to remove the water mark I would be just fine with it all. I tried to replace the ddi.dll with the one from 2.01 earlier in the day but it just froze at the Stick Together first splash screen so I don't know what else to try in that regard.

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I just got done getting the 1.66 official WWE on there via SSPL. For some reason it won't let me install any custom rom via SSPL saying it loses communication with the phone.
So I'm OK for the time being.
Can somebody please direct me to the location of Gold Card? I'm having a bear of a time finding it.
Thank you very much for your help.

balane,
I feel your pain but as Fards has just said doing a significant amount of research first before jumping in can save hassle later on.
XDA can be a bit hit and miss to search so use this to help you out...http://www.google.com/advanced_search?q=+site:http://forum.xda-developers.com&hl=en&lr=&as_qdr=all
If you search for Gold Card the 3rd or 4th item down is the thread you are looking for.
Good luck, hope you get it sorted.
All the best,
WB

OK, thanks for that. Now that I have some links I'll get to reading.

I'm pretty sure if you get the right official rom for your device, you can place the rom image as leoimg.nbh in your sdcard and it will flash for you including the spl.
had that before so the steps work for me

I would love to know which one. I know for certain that 1.66 did not work via this method. Do you have any suggestions as to which official ROM package to try?

zenkinz said:
I'm pretty sure if you get the right official rom for your device, you can place the rom image as leoimg.nbh in your sdcard and it will flash for you including the spl.
had that before so the steps work for me
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Re:Goldcards, to make one for the leo you need PSAS, which is not free. see revskills.de

samsamuel said:
I'm pretty sure sd card flashing wont downgrade spl unless the card is gold, only overwrite same version spl
(I.e 1.42.hspl can be overwritten by 1.42.0000 but 2.0 wont be overwritten by 1.42)
Re:Goldcards, to make one for the leo you need PSAS, which is not free. see revskills.de
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well it does for me... and I don't use goldcard. (unless you consider credit gold card as one)
you must make sure you are using an nbh rom that has spl image obviously, otherwise it won't downgrade (or upgrade) depending on your spl version in the nbh

zenkinz said:
well it does for me... and I don't use goldcard. (unless you consider credit gold card as one)
you must make sure you are using an nbh rom that has spl image obviously, otherwise it won't downgrade (or upgrade) depending on your spl version in the nbh
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so you have flashed the test t mob rom like the OP? that is the only rom to contain the v2 spl.

zenkinz said:
you must make sure you are using an nbh rom that has spl image obviously, otherwise it won't downgrade (or upgrade) depending on your spl version in the nbh
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Can you give me an example please?
Is it OK to keep my 1.66 official flashed via SSPL on a phone with SPL-2.0? There is no problem with that, right?
In the future something should transpire that makes this problem easier to work with?

balane said:
Can you give me an example please?
Is it OK to keep my 1.66 official flashed via SSPL on a phone with SPL-2.0? There is no problem with that, right?
In the future something should transpire that makes this problem easier to work with?
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probably don't help, anyway is your SD fat32 formatted?
if yes or not, you can try to reformat SD and flash from root LEOIMG.nbh extracted from 1.66 official .exe

To restore original SPL:
- Take any "RUU_signed.nbh" from a ship ROM and copy it to SD card.
- Rename it to "leoimg.nbh"
- Reset the device while pressing the volume down button.
How to take the RUU_signed.nbh file from the official shipped ROM file as most files are in the exe format -> you can extract the .exe using winrar.
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This procedure worked for me. Restored back SPL 1.42 from HSPL 2.0 (and HTC Reworked)
I used the first official ROM available on htc.com and extracted the RUU_signed.nbh from it. Renamed to leoimg.nbh, put the file on microSD card, restated while holding the volume down + power button and followed on-screen instructions.

cenzor said:
This procedure worked for me. Restored back SPL 1.42 from HSPL 2.0 (and HTC Reworked)
I used the first official ROM available on htc.com and extracted the RUU_signed.nbh from it. Renamed to leoimg.nbh, put the file on microSD card, restated while holding the volume down + power button and followed on-screen instructions.
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HSPL 2.0 ?? is this out???
and HTC Reworked you mean the italian chef custom rom? the custom rom don't flash spl

STOP TRYING TO USE SSPL for this.
it works ***ONLY*** for flashing the os and splash..
it doesnt flash radio or spl
You may need to format you Sdcard or try another one..
try another 166 rom, the exe (NOT the custom ruu or sspl version) will flash this over the top of 200 spl
the 200 spl is MFGR that means it's not region locked, so you dont need a goldcard to flash it..
pm me if you want a hand

huggy_72 said:
HSPL 2.0 ?? is this out???
and HTC Reworked you mean the italian chef custom rom? the custom rom don't flash spl
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Maybe not sure about the HSPL version, it was the one from here.
And yes, the HTC Reworked was a custom rom (and very buggy unfortunatelly), with 1Ghz patch and 576 RAM enabled.

Easiest (possibly) method would be to flash HardSPL and then flash the 1.66 ROM from the SD card. HardSPL will accept an SPL if flashed from SD, and HardSPL will overwrite the 2.00 SPL.

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$25 reward to fix my phone. Problems for over 45 days.

I won't bother with the exact history of things but I'll tell you what's on the phone and what I can't get to work.
SPL-2.00. 10000 XE
Radio 2.06.50.04
ROM Leo lite 2.6 WE (21892.5.0.89)
Current ROM works until I try to do anything involving phone radio and then it just locks up. My radio is not up to date for this ROM I assume.
Trying to flash anything at all via LEOIMG microsd card does nothing but sit at the Loading.... screen with never any progress. (I have also tried this with a goldcard that somebody made me and I get the same error.) Have used both a 16gb card and a 2gb card, all formatted to fat32
I am unable to flash a new ROM or new Radio or get the SPL to allow any OEM ROM/SPL package to install via SDcard.
Trying to flash anything with the standard flasher tool and it never did anything but time out. SSPL used to work but now it does nothing but time out. I'm stuck on this ROM, can't change it and phone doesn't work.
What I would like to do is get HSPL back on it, the most current radio and the latest US T-Mobile ROM
If you can help me do this I will pay $25 for the person to help me get it off my phone. There is a chance my goldcard could have been made incorrectly, I don't know anything about them. I can pay you via PayPal or mail you a check, whatever works for you. All I can do is give you my word that I will keep my end of the deal. I'm a 44 year old family man and a department manager of a casino. I would really appreciate any help.
If I posted this in the wrong place please move it but I'm at wits end and just want my phone back to normal.
Edit: Just to be clear, the $25 reward is for getting the SPL 2.0 off of my phone and/or getting me upgraded to the latest radio so I can run the most current TmoUSA ROM properly.

the problem appears to be that you have slightly different hardware to every one else.
didnt realise you were having issues with sspl, that at least should work ok. by time out do you mean there sspl boot screen appears burt nothing else?
if so what happens if you disconnect the usb cable and plug it back in?
if it changes to usb then rerun the sspl without changing anything on the hd2
you could also try - and uninstall the windows drivers for the qualcomm cdma drivers or whatever they are called on you pc. and reconnect in boot loader to let them reinstall.

SSPL used to work, it stopped working after I flashed a newer rom to play with. When I use the SSPL it goes into the bootloader screen just fine, then I hear the USB disconnect sound and the SSPL program times out quickly with the exit button citing no connection.
I have 2 x Windows 7 64 bit computers, 1 x Windows 7 32 bit and one XP 32 bit computer. I get the same results on any of them. All after the most recent ROM upgrade.
I have not tried running SSPL from boot loader screen, did not know that was possible. Trying that now. Just need to download a known working ROM.
If that works I'll be back in the same boat as before, stuck with 2.0 SPL and 2.06 radio. I want that SPL 2.0 off my phone badly.

OK, trying SSPL from the bootloader screen got me a little further towards ROM flashing. I can see the htc on the black screen with the progress bar. It now sits at 0% with no movement indefinitely.
Going to try another ROM and see if I can get the ROM installation to actually begin.

If you still haven't tried it do this: start SSPL when you hear the USB disconnect sound remove the USB cable (either from device or PC) and then connect it again! this should allow the SSPL to enter USB mode! I've had similar problems long ago and this trick was doing the job! Not sure that it will help you but just a thought!

Newb here:
I had something similar. I installed HSPL and everything was fine thereafter. The radio wouldn't flash any other way, in fact it would disconnect like you said, or if I manualy took the phone to boot loader, it would stick at 0%.
There is a HSPL thread stickied in the ROM section and I believe it explains how to remove it if you need to "re" validate your warranty. Although reading once more it does say you need SPL 1.42 to get it to install.
Have you tried installing an official HTC ROM downlaoded from their site? This will take you back to the original SPL version 1.42...

I don't have HSPL on my phone, I have SPL 2.0 Nothing is out currently to remove a later SPL with the exception of flashing an OEM full package ROM through the sd card but that doesn't work for me.
I have tried multiple roms now using SSPL from the bootloader screen and none will move the progress bar past 0%
Still stuck. : - (

Have you tried to hard spl it? If I missed it in your post, I apologize.

Not in a long while, I should try again I guess but I was totally under the impression that HSPL will error all the time unless you have SPL 1.42 installed on the phone.
Edit: Just tried and it errors because SPL 1.42 is not on the phone, it's the only SPL that HSPL works on as far as I know.

balane have you tried installing a stock rom from your SD card? this would revert the spl back to 1.42 and allow you to then flash HSPL (I think, almost certain) but you said you cant do anything with the sd card, have you tried that? have you tried with different SD cards? also have you made sure that it is formatted to FAT32?
Another thing you could try if all else fails: MTTY, look at the MTTY thread by MystikGenius, its stickied in the rom development section, this will format your phone from which you can then try to flash from usb or sd. I would recomend trying to flash from SD which then again may revert your spl.
Im going to school now so I wont be able to help you anymore 8 or so hours, but PM me later if your still stuck.

I may be wrong but from what I read in the threads I thought it was not possible to go back to anything under 2.0 once you flash a 2.0 SPL. You can't flash back to 1.48 or 1.66. You might be able to flash the new TMOUS which is in the 2.0 SPL range.

Yes, I've tried dozens of stock roms from the sdcard, every one I could find in fact and they all hang at the Loading... screen. As stated in the op, I used two different cards both formatted to fat32. I guess I could try a third card, not sure if it's worth a try or not.
I looked at MTTY but that doesn't do a thing with SPL and my SPL is the root of my issues.
Update: I finally did find a ROM I could get flashed via SSPL. It took like 3 tries to get the progress bar going but it did get installed. I can't even recall what series of events got it to go but at least my phone turns on and works.
Still the same SPL and radio though. No change there.

bobsbbq said:
I may be wrong but from what I read in the threads I thought it was not possible to go back to anything under 2.0 once you flash a 2.0 SPL. You can't flash back to 1.48 or 1.66. You might be able to flash the new TMOUS which is in the 2.0 SPL range.
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I could have swore I read some people who were able to get the SPL 2.0 off their phones but I could be mistaken. I'm actually ok with any SPL as long as I can sspl different ROMs. I just want to get the radio current so I can run the latest TmoUS ROM, I would totally and 100% pleased with being able to update the radio. I have found now way to flash a more current radio.

balane said:
I won't bother with the exact history of things but I'll tell you what's on the phone and what I can't get to work.
SPL-2.00. 10000 XE
Radio 2.06.50.04
ROM Leo lite 2.6 WE (21892.5.0.89)
Current ROM works until I try to do anything involving phone radio and then it just locks up. My radio is not up to date for this ROM I assume.
Trying to flash anything at all via LEOIMG microsd card does nothing but sit at the Loading.... screen with never any progress. (I have also tried this with a goldcard that somebody made me and I get the same error.) Have used both a 16gb card and a 2gb card, all formatted to fat32
I am unable to flash a new ROM or new Radio or get the SPL to allow any OEM ROM/SPL package to install via SDcard.
Trying to flash anything with the standard flasher tool and it never did anything but time out. SSPL used to work but now it does nothing but time out. I'm stuck on this ROM, can't change it and phone doesn't work.
What I would like to do is get HSPL back on it, the most current radio and the latest US T-Mobile ROM
If you can help me do this I will pay $25 for the person to help me get it off my phone. There is a chance my goldcard could have been made incorrectly, I don't know anything about them. I can pay you via PayPal or mail you a check, whatever works for you. All I can do is give you my word that I will keep my end of the deal. I'm a 44 year old family man and a department manager of a casino. I would really appreciate any help.
If I posted this in the wrong place please move it but I'm at wits end and just want my phone back to normal.
Edit: Just to be clear, the $25 reward is for getting the SPL 2.0 off of my phone and/or getting me upgraded to the latest radio so I can run the most current TmoUSA ROM properly.
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My English is not good. But I can help you. You can refer here ( in post 18&19) and use google to translate language :
http://www.pdaviet.net/showthread.p...KHI-UP-ROM-TMOUS-BẢN-TEST-(2-07)-BẰNG-THẺ-NHỚ
I have successfully repaired (with any Goldcard ) HD2 damaged when the flash rom TMOUS with memory card . And now can flash with any rom that is the base rom from 2:07 or higher (with SSPL)
Sorry for my bad English

balane said:
I don't have HSPL on my phone, I have SPL 2.0 Nothing is out currently to remove a later SPL with the exception of flashing an OEM full package ROM through the sd card but that doesn't work for me.
I have tried multiple roms now using SSPL from the bootloader screen and none will move the progress bar past 0%
Still stuck. : - (
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No it won't be SSPL as we know it, the HTC stock ROM you can download from their site (Google "HTC HD2 DOWNLOAD") will use it's own method of getting onto your device and will reload SPL 1.42 for you. Although apparently you may not be able to do this with SPL 2. You say you have done it with a gold card, have you tried the stock rom downloaded from HTC via USB?
Otherwise, pester bepe for when the HSPL comes out that is compatible ywith SPL 2!

ancola66 said:
My English is not good. But I can help you. You can refer here ( in post 18&19) and use google to translate language :
http://www.pdaviet.net/showthread.p...KHI-UP-ROM-TMOUS-BẢN-TEST-(2-07)-BẰNG-THẺ-NHỚ
I have successfully repaired (with any Goldcard ) HD2 damaged when the flash rom TMOUS with memory card . And now can flash with any rom that is the base rom from 2:07 or higher (with SSPL)
Sorry for my bad English
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Will not allow me to even read the forum because I'm not a member, can you copy paste the pertinent information here please?
You can use ANY goldcard???

mwillems2 said:
No it won't be SSPL as we know it, the HTC stock ROM you can download from their site (Google "HTC HD2 DOWNLOAD") will use it's own method of getting onto your device and will reload SPL 1.42 for you. Although apparently you may not be able to do this with SPL 2. You say you have done it with a gold card, have you tried the stock rom downloaded from HTC via USB?
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I've tried multiple OEM HTC Roms and all give the same stuck at Loading... screen. Is there a specific HTC oem ROM you can recommend I try?

balane said:
Will not allow me to even read the forum because I'm not a member, can you copy paste the pertinent information here please?
You can use ANY goldcard???
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YES ! You can use any Goldcard. I write instructions for you but my very bad English

balane said:
I've tried multiple OEM HTC Roms and all give the same stuck at Loading... screen. Is there a specific HTC oem ROM you can recommend I try?
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When you say oem, do you mean just the nbh with which you have tried to install using tools or the self extracting exe that HTC provide? I'm just asking cos to me, oem means it comes without all the manufacturers extras.

I've always been under the impression that the only way to downgrade an SPL was to install a complete OEM package ROM/Splash/Radio/SPL as a LEOIMG.nbh from the root of the SD card. I've tried dozens of these both from US based ROMs and abroad. None of gone past the Loading.... screen. I've tried 1.42 and above ROMs, no luck with any.

Telstra Rom - not flashing

Folks,
HD2 from Telstra ( 2nd May ) running 1.66. Tried flashing it with 1.48 and 1.43 Rom's -- so I could then go to HSPL and a custom Rom, but no luck.
The Rom Update Utility starts and tells me I have image version 1.72.841.0, I click to update to 1.43.405.1 ( or 1.48 - have tried both ), then the 4 colour screen which notes 1.66. Then it goes to a HTC screen with a deployment bar, gets to only 1%.......then boom - error 294 invalid vendor id.......
What am I missing here ??

you need to flash thedowngrade from sd card, then you can hspl, and THEN flash from usb

At least your effort got that far.... i couldnt even see the zip open.
OS 5.2.21869
Manila 2.5.20121431.1
Rom 1.72.841.0
If someone can confirm what I need to do with what i'd REALLY appreciate it.
Have the backup rom just incase already.

you missed out all the important info.
what zip can't you open? what phone? what you trying to achieve?
assuming telstra like the op,
1 right click the telstra 1.4 rom .exe choose unzip here, or extract here
2 find ruu signed.nbh copy it to sd card rename it leoimg.nbh
3 phone off hold vol down, tap and release power, keep holding voldown till you see three coloured screen, should quickly change grey and start a card flash.
4 when complete and phone restarts hold vol down to re enter bootloader
5 run hspl as administrator using a usb port round the back of the pc,
6 when it completes, and phone reboots, enter bootloader yet again, and check that it says spl 1.42.hspl.
now, so long as you don't sd card flash hspl will stay and protect against bad flashes, flash what you like.

tmenyweather said:
Folks,
HD2 from Telstra ( 2nd May ) running 1.66. Tried flashing it with 1.48 and 1.43 Rom's -- so I could then go to HSPL and a custom Rom, but no luck.
The Rom Update Utility starts and tells me I have image version 1.72.841.0, I click to update to 1.43.405.1 ( or 1.48 - have tried both ), then the 4 colour screen which notes 1.66. Then it goes to a HTC screen with a deployment bar, gets to only 1%.......then boom - error 294 invalid vendor id.......
What am I missing here ??
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What 1.48 and 1.43 roms did you try? They need to be Telstra roms, as you can't just use any 1.48 or 1.43 rom and this is what is causing the invalid vendor id error. Once you are back to 1.42.0000 spl (after flashing a telstra rom) you can then run hspl and are then free to flash what ever your heart desires.

I have a Telstra HD2 as well (1.66)...got it recently and will flash it soon.
I don't understand the original poster's concern - why go through all that to flash HSPL, when apparently HSPL2 can be easily flashed over 1.66...which allows you to further flash any ROM ??? Is there a benefit of HSPL over HSPL2 that I am missing?
Thanks in advance
edit: my bad, just read in the HSPL thread that HSPL2 does not work with the telstra hd2.

TyII said:
I have a Telstra HD2 as well (1.66)...got it recently and will flash it soon.
I don't understand the original poster's concern - why go through all that to flash HSPL, when apparently HSPL2 can be easily flashed over 1.66...which allows you to further flash any ROM ??? Is there a benefit of HSPL over HSPL2 that I am missing?
Thanks in advance
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keep reading, you still have lots to learn, hspl2 doesn't work on telstra.

Oh, my spl is 1.66.0000
I understand I must use HSPL (not HSPL2) on a Telstra ph. but can anyone recommend which rom to use? I've been reading for two days solid and can't decide!
I've copied all the guides etc so hopefully won't have a prob'... am just worried about warranty protection etc if it all goes pear shaped... i just want all this B.S. bloatware OFF MY phone!!!
Thanx in advance once again

I am in the same position, my Telstra ROM is 1.72 running SPL 1.66.0000.
HSPL utility tells me that "Model ID is invalid" or something like that.

okay, one more time.....
only the original hspl works on telstra,
hspl2 does not work. (bad model ID)
you need to downgrade to a 1.4 rom with spl 1.42.0000.
so, get the original telstra 1.49.8xx rom from HERE (registration required)
when its downloaded, move it to its own folder somewhere, then right click the .exe file and choose extract here. (if that option isnt available, install winrar)
when it has extracted, find teh file RUU_Signed.nbh, copy it to your sd card and rename it leoimg.nbh
restart your phone in bootloader mode, it should detect the leoimg.nbh and start to flash
this will reset your spl to 1.42.0000 and now you can use HSPL, and then flash any rom you like.

Thanks for the link to HTCpedia mate. I'd actually just found it myself by performing a thread search on the "Official HTC ROM's" thread. Downloading now.
Stupidly I've had problems after problems trying to get HSPL on my device. I actually started out on this ROM (1.49.x with SPL 1.42.0000). First I tried flashing from my Vista x64 machine, both HSPL2 and HSPL with errors, in my haste I thought I might need update to the latest Telstra ROM 1.72.x with SPL 1.66.0000 so I could use HSPL2 when in actual fact I just had the x64 USB driver problem, of course then the upgrade still didn't allow me to flash and made my situation harder as I had to find this original ROM again to downgrade.
Anyways I hope this works!

It works!
- flash rom back to 1.49.x with SPL 1.42.0000
- run HSPL with device connected via USB
- flash radio using CustomRUU
- flash ROM using CustomRUU

@rainey06au what Radio do you use with your Telstra HD2?

Got my Telstra HD2 running 1.49 last week and it's my first play with Windows Mobile .. couldn't wait to clear the Telstra image from the phone as my provider is Three.
Did plenty of reading and all the posts said to use the original HSPL first, this worked perfect first go.
Once done I tried the new Artemis_v110 rom, was very impressed except experienced 2 to 3 random reboots a day, even more while in YouTube player. Everything else woked well, reception, battery life, and clarity while on calls.
Decided yesterday to try another rom, first cleared all using Task29 format, then loaded HyperROM Ultimate v9.00 WM6.5.X but this didn't get through the first boot .. possibly due to radio required.
Now have flashed back to 1.48.4052 until I research some more.
Anyone recommend a rom and suitable radio for the Telstra HD2, anyone with Three?
Thankx

Thanks. Works a treat!
I knew I had to downgrade but couldn't find an old Telstra ROM.
samsamuel said:
you missed out all the important info.
what zip can't you open? what phone? what you trying to achieve?
assuming telstra like the op,
1 right click the telstra 1.4 rom .exe choose unzip here, or extract here
2 find ruu signed.nbh copy it to sd card rename it leoimg.nbh
3 phone off hold vol down, tap and release power, keep holding voldown till you see three coloured screen, should quickly change grey and start a card flash.
4 when complete and phone restarts hold vol down to re enter bootloader
5 run hspl as administrator using a usb port round the back of the pc,
6 when it completes, and phone reboots, enter bootloader yet again, and check that it says spl 1.42.hspl.
now, so long as you don't sd card flash hspl will stay and protect against bad flashes, flash what you like.
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I am also using Telstra HD2 and recently flashed it with Miri Rom. I like Miri because it doesn't have any customization. It has many versions to choose from, with and without Sense UI. It also retain all the original WM icons and themes which I like.
But like all ROMs, I do experience reboot but only once so far with the new version of Miri v17. One thing to note is the Radio version for the ROM. Make sure you flash the exact correct radio version, down to the sub version, e.g. 2.07.50 is recommended for Miri and not 2.07.51 (which is the Telstra radio version).
Another advise is always flash from pc, not SD card as I have experienced bad flash using SD card.
Hope this helps. Miri is only available from the HTCPedia site.

Yep my radio version is also 2.07.50. I get good battery life out of it using CleanEX_UDT HyperROM Ultra v9.00 (6.5).

I use Lia Glass ROM and FallOut Theme.
Interestingly this ROM and radio has only unlocked 455.54MB RAM, not the full 576MB. There are threads about this and getting the right combo will unlock the remaining RAM and/or improve battery performance.
I am using Radio 2.08.50.05.
Anyone else have the same experience?

ajt320 said:
I use Lia Glass ROM and FallOut Theme.
Interestingly this ROM and radio has only unlocked 455.54MB RAM, not the full 576MB. There are threads about this and getting the right combo will unlock the remaining RAM and/or improve battery performance.
I am using Radio 2.08.50.05.
Anyone else have the same experience?
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look in settings about phone hardware info ram size.
I bet it says 576
that's cos the hardware takes 128 for graphics.
look st a standard rom and hardware will show 448 whilst total available will show 336

Thanks samsamuel.
Hardware info does in fact say 576MB RAM
Thanks for the explanation - slowly but surely getting my head around the intricacies of the device

[GUIDE] Downgrading SPL from 2.10.0000 (stock TMO) to 2.08

This procedure will tell you how to downgrade your SPL from 2.10.0000 (shipping stock now with TMO HD2) to 2.08 so that you may flash HARD SPL.
So for those who just received your TMO HD2's and want to start the process, this needs to be done before flashing HSPL and flashing custom ROMs.
1. Download this file:
www.2shared.com/file/MAsa78Yo/leoimg.html
www.megaupload.com/?d=VQ11Z040
2. Place the downloaded above LEOIMG.nbh on a 8GB or smaller microSD card (formatted in FAT32 is recommended)
3. Turn HD2 completely off. While holding POWER button also Hold the Volume Down button at the same time.
4. As soon as "Loading..." appears on the screen, release the Volume Down button. You will see a message stating how to proceed to flash the ROM.
5. The ROM will flash now. After its done your phone should reboot. Do a factory reset to clear out anything left over from previous ROM.
Now you should remove the SD CARD and reboot while holding the volume down button. On the tricolored bootload screen you should now see a SPL of 2.08. You are now ready to flash HSPL and then on to flashin all these great ROMs here on XDA.
Proceed to this great thread mskip put together on how to flash HARD SPL and on to ROM flashing: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=653614
Thanks to zelendel for the help and clarification in this subject.

Does it have to be smaller than 8gb, I have a 16gb?

Slicerwolf said:
Does it have to be smaller than 8gb, I have a 16gb?
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Yes, it has to be a 8gb or smaller. I have not tried a SD larger than 8GB personally. But, it has been posted in more than one thread that it is required.

Slicerwolf said:
Does it have to be smaller than 8gb, I have a 16gb?
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so did you ever give it a try with the 16 i have the same but im scared to try it.
SO I COULD NOT WAIT AND I TRIED IT! GETS STUCK ON TRI COLOR SCREEN NOT A BIG DEAL HIT THE RESET BUTTON AND YOURE OK.
tmobile htc hd2 USA

Have to use MicroSD?
I was able to flash the 2.10 ROM without having to use a microSD.
It downgraded to the 2.08 SPL and flashed the HardSPL no problem.

kntdookoo said:
This procedure will tell you how to downgrade your SPL from 2.10.0000 (shipping stock now with TMO HD2) to 2.08 so that you may flash HARD SPL.
So for those who just received your TMO HD2's and want to start the process, this needs to be done before flashing HSPL and flashing custom ROMs.
1. Download this 2.10 ROM
2. Place the downloaded above LEOIMG.nbh on a 8GB or smaller microSD card.
3. Turn HD2 completely off. While holding POWER button also Hold the Volume Down button at the same time.
4. As soon as "Loading..." appears on the screen, release the Volume Down button. You will see a message stating how to proceed to flash the ROM.
5. The ROM will flash now. After its done your phone should reboot. Do a factory reset to clear out anything left over from previous ROM.
Now you should remove the SD CARD and reboot while holding the volume down button. On the tricolored bootload screen you should now see a SPL of 2.08. You are now ready to flash HSPL and then on to flashin all these great ROMs here on XDA.
Proceed to this great thread mskip put together on how to flash HARD SPL and on to ROM flashing: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=653614
Thanks to zelendel for the help and clarification in this subject.
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2.10 ROM
http://www.4shared.com/file/dLYGmU4E/leoimg.html this link is too slow in our area and need this file urgently pls anybody help me to download it from another site

AllTheWay said:
I was able to flash the 2.10 ROM without having to use a microSD.
It downgraded to the 2.08 SPL and flashed the HardSPL no problem.
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I did it without as well. I only had the 16gig SD Card. My first flash and I run into this...I think from here on out things will be a tiny bit easier.
BTW running the Elegancia V8.5 WWE and Radio 2.10.50.26
Just 72 hours ago I had no Idea what any of that crap meant...Look at me MOM NO HANDS

AllTheWay said:
I was able to flash the 2.10 ROM without having to use a microSD.
It downgraded to the 2.08 SPL and flashed the HardSPL no problem.
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Philysubsailor said:
I did it without as well. I only had the 16gig SD Card. My first flash and I run into this...I think from here on out things will be a tiny bit easier.
BTW running the Elegancia V8.5 WWE and Radio 2.10.50.26
Just 72 hours ago I had no Idea what any of that crap meant...Look at me MOM NO HANDS
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hey.please can you double confirm for me that you can downgrade phones that shipped with 2,13 from spl 2.10.0000 to spl 2.08.0000 over usb?
did you both start from stock 2.13 (I.e neither of you had done any flashing of any kind before that first downgrade)
thanks

samsamuel said:
hey.please can you double confirm for me that you can downgrade phones that shipped with 2,13 from spl 2.10.0000 to spl 2.08.0000 over usb?
did you both start from stock 2.13 (I.e neither of you had done any flashing of any kind before that first downgrade)
thanks
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I can triple confirm that I had a Stock 2.13 ROM Dated 28/4/2010 and spl 2.10.0000. I downgraded to RUU_Leo_1_5_TMOUS_2.10.531.0_Radio_Signed_15.34.50.07U_2.08.50.08_2_Ship via USB. After I was able to flash HSPL1024 (Thanks to your Sig BTW) and installed ROM Elegancia V8.5 and even flashed Radio 2.10.50.26 which was the radio that was installed on my stock unit when I bought it less then 5 days ago.
Look at my date joined...I've been a member for less then a week. This was my first flash, the directions and videos were VERY helpful. Im Hooked!

Philysubsailor said:
I can triple confirm that I had a Stock 2.13 ROM Dated 28/4/2010 and spl 2.10.0000. I downgraded to RUU_Leo_1_5_TMOUS_2.10.531.0_Radio_Signed_15.34.50.07U_2.08.50.08_2_Ship via USB. After I was able to flash HSPL1024 (Thanks to your Sig BTW) and installed ROM Elegancia V8.5 and even flashed Radio 2.10.50.26 which was the radio that was installed on my stock unit when I bought it less then 5 days ago.
Look at my date joined...I've been a member for less then a week. This was my first flash, the directions and videos were VERY helpful. Im Hooked!
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So if I flashed the update from tmobile can I not downgrade to 2.08 through USB? I don't have a 8gb card.

Philysubsailor said:
I can triple confirm that I had a Stock 2.13 ROM Dated 28/4/2010 and spl 2.10.0000. I downgraded to RUU_Leo_1_5_TMOUS_2.10.531.0_Radio_Signed_15.34.50.07U_2.08.50.08_2_Ship via USB. After I was able to flash HSPL1024 (Thanks to your Sig BTW) and installed ROM Elegancia V8.5 and even flashed Radio 2.10.50.26 which was the radio that was installed on my stock unit when I bought it less then 5 days ago.
Look at my date joined...I've been a member for less then a week. This was my first flash, the directions and videos were VERY helpful. Im Hooked!
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Nice one, thanks for the confirmation.
dynomite16 said:
So if I flashed the update from tmobile can I not downgrade to 2.08 through USB? I don't have a 8gb card.
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Give it a try, so long as you have a tmous phone, and you're trying tmous stock roms, it wont harm it.

Philysubsailor said:
I can triple confirm that I had a Stock 2.13 ROM Dated 28/4/2010 and spl 2.10.0000. I downgraded to RUU_Leo_1_5_TMOUS_2.10.531.0_Radio_Signed_15.34.50.07U_2.08.50.08_2_Ship via USB. After I was able to flash HSPL1024 (Thanks to your Sig BTW) and installed ROM Elegancia V8.5 and even flashed Radio 2.10.50.26 which was the radio that was installed on my stock unit when I bought it less then 5 days ago.
Look at my date joined...I've been a member for less then a week. This was my first flash, the directions and videos were VERY helpful. Im Hooked!
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Just confirmed it myself too thanks alot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

dynomite16 said:
So if I flashed the update from tmobile can I not downgrade to 2.08 through USB? I don't have a 8gb card.
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From what I understand flashing via the SD card will assure your SPL wil be replaced (downgraded) properly. If you flash via the USB not sure if this process will complete properly. Im no expert but one thing I have learned from flashing my G1 hundreds of times, LISTEN TO THE SENIOR MEMBERS AND MODS.
It has been stated more than once here on XDA HD2 Tmo Dev section that you must flash VIA SD.

But a 16gb card wont worK? So I have to go buy a smaller one or wait for a updated hspl?

i downgraded and HSPLed my phone succesfully
thanks

I have a T-mobile HTC HD2 that had spl 2.10 which i received few days ago. I flashed a tmobile stock rom to downgrade to spl 2.08 through usb and installed hspl2 with no problem. You don't have to flash it via sd card.
Currently running Kumar's Rom V 2.0 with radio 2.10.50.26 (flashed radio afterwards)

SPL Downgrade help
I have a new hc hd2 and I attempted to downgrade the spl to 2.08.000 from 2.10 so that i could install HSPL2 1024. I attemted to downgrade via SD card and the spl downgrade failed and i am stuck at the bootloader screen after volume down reboot with, "Upgrade ROM code error, Please try again".. in the green area. Please inform how to fix, and get my htc hd2 back. Thanks Also i found out after the fact that it is better to do via USB, how would I do that when my phone is stuck? It also has RUUNBH in the upper right hand corner.

Last noob question. When you say you did it through usb, do you mean you just connected your device to the computer transfered the file to the phone and did the whole reset thing? Sorry.

mavilini said:
I have a new hc hd2 and I attempted to downgrade the spl to 2.08.000 from 2.10 so that i could install HSPL2 1024. I attemted to downgrade via SD card and the spl downgrade failed and i am stuck at the bootloader screen after volume down reboot with, "Upgrade ROM code error, Please try again".. in the green area. Please inform how to fix, and get my htc hd2 back. Thanks Also i found out after the fact that it is better to do via USB, how would I do that when my phone is stuck? It also has RUUNBH in the upper right hand corner.
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Try this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=691779

Sorry after working with it more I figured out that since I was doing an SD downgrade that I cant have it charging via usb. I downgraded just fine after I unplugged from the puter. Thanks

[Q] HTC HD2 SPL Version

Alright,
Today my touchscreen stoped working. I was running android and the phone has the HSPL 2.08 version installed.
After one day trying to get it to work, i managed to flash the 6.5 win mo back. After that i thought the HSPL was gone, well you guessed already, it didn't. So i used the HSPL 4 installation tool, selected spl 2.08 and booted right into boot loader to see if it worked. And well yes it worked but here comes the question.
Now there are 4 sentences:
The first with a serial code starting with PB and ending with -BC
Second it states SPL-2.08.0000 8g XE
Third MicroP(LED) 0x05
At last: MicroP(TOUCH) 0x30
My phone is from the beginning of 2010 i want to send it to htc to let the screen be replaced, my question is: is the SPL version the right version and will there be no ugly questions from HTC if i was running android / had HSPL installed?
Already thanks!

That spl 2.x is only correct if you have a tmous.
Assuming you don't have a tmous, You should either flash the rom again but from sd, or use HSPL2 or HSPL4 to match the spl to the rom.
If you Do have a tmous, that's fine.

Prom1se said:
Alright,
Today my touchscreen stoped working. I was running android and the phone has the HSPL 2.08 version installed.
After one day trying to get it to work, i managed to flash the 6.5 win mo back. After that i thought the HSPL was gone, well you guessed already, it didn't. So i used the HSPL 4 installation tool, selected spl 2.08 and booted right into boot loader to see if it worked. And well yes it worked but here comes the question.
Now there are 4 sentences:
The first with a serial code starting with PB and ending with -BC
Second it states SPL-2.08.0000 8g XE
Third MicroP(LED) 0x05
At last: MicroP(TOUCH) 0x30
My phone is from the beginning of 2010 i want to send it to htc to let the screen be replaced, my question is: is the SPL version the right version and will there be no ugly questions from HTC if i was running android / had HSPL installed?
Already thanks!
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It looks right to me.
The surest way to do this though is to find your stock ROM via HTC Support (international) or tmobile support (TMOUS), they will have you enter your IMEI/SN and so will ensure you get the correct stock ROM from your phone.
You have to flash via SD, RUU will not replace your SPL, but SD will replace your SPL and everything else to ensure it is on the correct stock everything.

Thanks for the reply's,
Dont got a tmous. So if im correct i need to place the the file in the .exe file from the htc support site (witch i downloaded the latest rom) named: RUU_signed.nbh toe leoimg.nbh and put in on my sd card, next i need to go into boot loader and it will do all the work?
I found a video what describes stated above: http://www.youtube.com/user/inmatrixout#p/u/6/N5gYQ3A7KqA
Thanks!

Alright,
Just put the nbh file to my sd card and renamed it to leoimg.nbh then booted into the bootloader and the 3 colord screen pops up. Next screen flashes to white with blue letters saying: loading...
Stil is there after 2 mins, in other words.. freezed.. what sould i do?
Already thanks!
Greets
Prom1se

Prom1se said:
Alright,
Just put the nbh file to my sd card and renamed it to leoimg.nbh then booted into the bootloader and the 3 colord screen pops up. Next screen flashes to white with blue letters saying: loading...
Stil is there after 2 mins, in other words.. freezed.. what sould i do?
Already thanks!
Greets
Prom1se
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what size sd card are you using ?
If you have 2gb it will be fine just be sure to format with "fat32".
Make sure sd card work well.
Make sure your battery isnt under 50%.
And finally make sure you downloaded right rom.
thats all, try that and report back , i hope you succeed .

ubejd said:
what size sd card are you using ?
If you have 2gb it will be fine just be sure to format with "fat32".
Make sure sd card work well.
Make sure your battery isnt under 50%.
And finally make sure you downloaded right rom.
thats all, try that and report back , i hope you succeed .
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Reporting back..
I have a 8 gb card, witch i formated to fat32, i dunnow if i got the right rom, well i got this rom: klik from the xda page klik
But i downloaded another rom from the htc site, i didnt flash it with that one, but i did with the one i provided by link.
Already thanks!
Greetz prom
Oh, and by the way, it seems that the rom i downloaded from the htc site is simalar to one i downloaded and flashed provided by me in the link above.
-- Update:
- After watching the video i provided earlier and examine it closly i saw that the hspl version (1.42) was changed to spl 1.42. I know i did install hspl 2.08 with hspl 4 and did uninstall hspl with hspl 4 just by selecting the option spl 2.08 (or something like that.) Next poped up a alert box witch told me it was done.
So im asuming its good to go for servicing..? What you guy's think?

Prom1se said:
Reporting back..
I have a 8 gb card, witch i formated to fat32, i dunnow if i got the right rom, well i got this rom: klik from the xda page klik
But i downloaded another rom from the htc site, i didnt flash it with that one, but i did with the one i provided by link.
Already thanks!
Greetz prom
Oh, and by the way, it seems that the rom i downloaded from the htc site is simalar to one i downloaded and flashed provided by me in the link above.
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ok... if still that doesnt work try 2gb sd card and make sure you download rom from htc web site with your phone serial number, because if you have wrong rom you may brick your phone.

if it successfully flashed from SD and you do not have HSPL anymore then you are good to go.

orangekid said:
if it successfully flashed from SD and you do not have HSPL anymore then you are good to go.
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Well thats what i wanted to tel you is if you look at the picture youll see a red line, in my case there is standing SPL-2.08.0000 8G XE, the other information is indentical to mine. So, i think i got HSPL Uninstalled, what do you think?
Thanks!

Yes, you no longer have HSPL on there, which is good.

But if I understand you, it now says 2.08 which is not ok for regular hd2. Yes it works, yes it's stock, but spl 2. ONLY ships with tmous roms, therefore any regular hd2 found with spl 2 can only have gotten in that position using hspl or Goldcard,,, both warranty voiding practices.
For reg leo, you need 1.42.0000. 1.66.0000 or 3.03.0000

Alright, the 1.66 sounds familiar. But my usb port is olmost broken. What to do what to do.. :S
from the menu i only could choos 3.03.00 so flashed it, dft we hacked it come on front but it doesnt matter... now there is this information about the spl:
SPL-3.03.0000 XE
Hope that this is the good one???
Alright, another update...
- thought to myself, 3.03 well if this is the one, the leoimg.nbh should work.. And guess what.. its updating from the leoimg.nbh witch was extracted from the exe file, witch i downloaded with my serial number.. i think im good to go
- last update
-- update complte
-- UPDATE SUCCESS
Sounds clear to me, in boot loader no hspl or something like that.. thanks for the help guy's!!
Cheers to yall!

My advice is to go to the HTC Website and download the ROM for your phone (you need to put the phone's serial number to get the ROM). Since you are returning it for repair, then it doesn't matter what version of the ROM you use as long as it is a valid one for your phone.
Take the downloaded .exe file and rename it to .zip. extract the .nbh file and rename it to LEOIMG.nbh. place it in the root of a FAT32 formatted microSD Card (less than 8GB in size).
Boot the phone into Bootloader mode and the ROM will flash - if you follow the instructions.
These stock ROMs (and the mobile phone company branded ROMs) contain the main ROM, the RADIO ROM and the SPL. and by using the SD Card method ensures that everything is flashed.

fred_up said:
My advice is to go to the HTC Website and download the ROM for your phone (you need to put the phone's serial number to get the ROM). Since you are returning it for repair, then it doesn't matter what version of the ROM you use as long as it is a valid one for your phone.
Take the downloaded .exe file and rename it to .zip. extract the .nbh file and rename it to LEOIMG.nbh. place it in the root of a FAT32 formatted microSD Card (less than 8GB in size).
Boot the phone into Bootloader mode and the ROM will flash - if you follow the instructions.
These stock ROMs (and the mobile phone company branded ROMs) contain the main ROM, the RADIO ROM and the SPL. and by using the SD Card method ensures that everything is flashed.
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Thanks for the info, why i couldn't flash it..? I think because it was expecting a tmous rom, (2.08 spl) just redid it with hspl 4 dont ask me how i managed to do it with a broken usb port on the phone.. :S. Well i managed and did accomplish it. Rom 3.03 is on it now. Tomorrow im going to the htc store for servicing.
Thanks to all!
Greets prom!

I assume that you meant a 3.14 ROM with a 3.03.0000 SPL.

fred_up said:
I assume that you meant a 3.14 ROM with a 3.03.0000 SPL.
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This one to be exact
RUU_Leo_S_HTC_NLD_3.14.404.2_Radio_15.42.50.11U_2.15.50.14_LEO_S_Ship.exe

How to downgrade hspl 2 from hspl 4
i flash the new official rom which is hspl 3 so i cant put any more android back to my phone ....does any one have any idea ...please need help .....

Run hspl and choose 2.08.hspl
Not difficult